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Emergent Literacy Skills, Behavior Problems and Familial Antecedents of Reading Difficulties: A Follow-Up Study of Reading Achievement from Kindergarten to Fifth Grade
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Costa, Hugo Camara; Perdry, Herve; Soria, Carmen; Pulgar, Salome; Cusin, Francoise; Dellatolas, Georges – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
This study examined the relation between emergent literacy skills, teachers' reports of behavioral problems, and word reading achievement in a community sample of French students. Family background was investigated and included familial antecedents of reading difficulties (Fa/Rd) and parents' educational level. The analyses explored the pattern of…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Behavior Problems, Reading Skills, Kindergarten
Auditory Processing and Speech Perception in Children with Specific Language Impairment: Relations with Oral Language and Literacy Skills
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Vandewalle, Ellen; Boets, Bart; Ghesquiere, Pol; Zink, Inge – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
This longitudinal study investigated temporal auditory processing (frequency modulation and between-channel gap detection) and speech perception (speech-in-noise and categorical perception) in three groups of 6 years 3 months to 6 years 8 months-old children attending grade 1: (1) children with specific language impairment (SLI) and literacy delay…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Impairments, Phonological Awareness, Auditory Perception
Oral Language and Narrative Skills in Children with Specific Language Impairment with and without Literacy Delay: A Three-Year Longitudinal Study
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Vandewalle, Ellen; Boets, Bart; Boons, Tinne; Ghesquiere, Pol; Zink, Inge – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
This longitudinal study compared the development of oral language and more specifically narrative skills (storytelling and story retelling) in children with specific language impairment (SLI) with and without literacy delay. Therefore, 18 children with SLI and 18 matched controls with normal literacy were followed from the last year of…
Descriptors: Children, Language Impairments, Oral Language, Story Telling
The Influence of Manifest Strabismus and Stereoscopic Vision on Non-Verbal Abilities of Visually Impaired Children
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Gligorovic, Milica; Vucinic, Vesna; Eskirovic, Branka; Jablan, Branka – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
This research was conducted in order to examine the influence of manifest strabismus and stereoscopic vision on non-verbal abilities of visually impaired children aged between 7 and 15. The sample included 55 visually impaired children from the 1st to the 6th grade of elementary schools for visually impaired children in Belgrade. RANDOT stereotest…
Descriptors: Vision, Nonverbal Ability, Visual Impairments, Children
Preschool Impairments in Auditory Processing and Speech Perception Uniquely Predict Future Reading Problems
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Boets, Bart; Vandermosten, Maaike; Poelmans, Hanne; Luts, Heleen; Wouters, Jan; Ghesquiere, Pol – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
Developmental dyslexia is characterized by severe reading and spelling difficulties that are persistent and resistant to the usual didactic measures and remedial efforts. It is well established that a major cause of these problems lies in poorly specified phonological representations. Many individuals with dyslexia also present impairments in…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Developmental Disabilities, Perceptual Impairments, Preschool Children
Information Source Affects Peers' Initial Attitudes toward Autism
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Morton, Jane F.; Campbell, Jonathan M. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2008
Authors examined the effects of information source on peers' cognitive and behavioral attitudes toward an unfamiliar child with autism. Children (N=296; M age=10.21 years) received information about an unfamiliar child with autism from one of the following sources: (a) videotape, (b) teacher, (c) hypothetical mother, (d) hypothetical father, or…
Descriptors: Autism, Information Sources, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Gender Differences