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Cassidy, Laura; Reggio, Kayla; Shaywitz, Bennett A.; Holahan, John M.; Shaywitz, Sally E. – Journal of Correctional Education, 2021
The authors report findings on reading and IQ from a contemporary study of 145 individually tested incarcerated men and women in two maximum-security prisons in Louisiana. To their knowledge this study is the first to use the definition of dyslexia from the First Step Act (FSA) and the first to incorporate an IQ measure to differentiate those with…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Dyslexia, Intelligence Quotient
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Hughes, Nathan; Chitsabesan, Prathiba; Bryan, Karen; Borschmann, Rohan; Swain, Nathaniel; Lennox, Charlotte; Shaw, Jennifer – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2017
Background: While the prevalence of language and communication difficulties among young people in custody is well established, holistic understanding of the complexity and co-occurrence of additional vulnerabilities among this population are rare. Methods: Ninety-three young people in a young offenders institution in England were assessed using…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Comorbidity, Institutionalized Persons, Youth