Children with down syndrome: Implications for assessment and intervention in the school.

AS Davis - School psychology quarterly, 2008 - psycnet.apa.org
Down syndrome is the most common genetic cause of mental retardation and one of the
most frequently occurring neurodevelopmental genetic disorders in children. Children with …

Reading skills in children with Down syndrome: A meta-analytic review

KAB Næss, M Melby-Lervåg, C Hulme… - Research in …, 2012 - Elsevier
The authors examine the reading profile in children with Down syndrome by comparing the
nonword decoding skills in children with Down syndrome and typically developing children …

The role of phonological awareness and letter-sound knowledge in the reading development of children with intellectual disabilities

RS Dessemontet, AF de Chambrier - Research in developmental …, 2015 - Elsevier
Our study investigated if phonological awareness and letter-sound knowledge were
predictors of reading progress in children with intellectual disabilities (ID) with unspecified …

Emerging social strengths in young children with Down syndrome

DJ Fidler, DE Most, C Booth-LaForce… - Infants & Young …, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Many individuals with Down syndrome show relative strengths in social functioning
throughout childhood, and they may “overuse” their social skills to compensate for other …

Aprendizaje de la lectoescritura: el papel de la práctica auténtica y significativa de la lengua escrita en el desarrollo de la conciencia fonológica

K Espinosa Lerma - 2016 - docta.ucm.es
Uno de los aspectos que la investigación ha considerado esenciales en la enseñanza de la
lengua escrita, es la Conciencia Fonológica (CF). Ha sido ampliamente aceptado que la CF …

The efficacy of `whole word' versus `analytic' reading instruction for children with Down syndrome

L Cupples, T Iacono - Reading and Writing, 2002 - Springer
An intervention study was conducted toinvestigate whether children with Down syndrome
(DS) would benefit from ananalytic'approachto reading instruction, which …

A comparison between word and nonword reading in Down syndrome: The role of phonological awareness

M Roch, C Jarrold - Journal of Communication Disorders, 2008 - Elsevier
In order to examine whether any observed relationship between phonological awareness
and reading ability in Down syndrome reflects the typical use of a phonologically based …

Written and oral narratives of children and adolescents with Down syndrome

EKR Bird, PL Cleave, D White, H Pike, A Helmkay - 2008 - ASHA
Purpose This study describes written and spoken narrative skills of school-age individuals
with Down syndrome (DS). Method Twenty-one students with DS (age 6; 6 [years; months] …

[HTML][HTML] Phonological awareness in children with Down syndrome

H Fletcher, S Buckley - Down Syndrome Research and Practice, 2002 - down-syndrome.org
Research in the area of phonological awareness has mainly focused on the nature of the
relationship between reading ability and awareness of phonemes. However, a recent study …

Reading skills and cognitive abilities of individuals with mental retardation

FA Conners - International review of research in mental …, 2003 - books.google.com
More than ever before, reading plays an important role in daily life. It facilitates independent
functioning in one's environment, increases opportunities in the work force, allows …