This article reviews 95 publications (based on 21 independent samples) that have examined
children at family risk of reading disorders. We report that children at family risk of dyslexia …

We summarize some of the most important findings from research evaluating the
hypothesized causes of specific reading disability ('dyslexia') over the past four decades …

The landmark reference in the field, completely updated: a comprehensive treatment of a
disorder that is more prevalent than autism. Children with specific language impairment …

Developmental dyslexia and specific language impairment (SLI) were for many years
treated as distinct disorders but are now often regarded as different manifestations of the …

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine whether specific language impairment
(SLI) and dyslexia are distinct developmental disorders. Method: Study 1 investigated the …

The development of 56 children at family risk of dyslexia was followed from the age of 3
years, 9 months to 8 years. In the high‐risk group, 66% had reading disabilities at age 8 …

Considerable attention and legislation are currently focused on developmental dyslexia. A
major challenge to these efforts is how to define and operationalize dyslexia. In this article …

This paper investigated the predictive ability of expressive vocabulary size and lexical
composition at age 2 on later language and literacy skills from ages 3 through 11 …

A short-term longitudinal study was carried out on a group of 67 preschool children. At three
points in time over a 12-month period, the children were given tests measuring their syllable …

This study focuses on teachers' opportunities and obstacles to perform skillful reading and
writing instruction. It's about the ability to accurately identify where students are in their …