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Predictors of Reading Development among School-Age Bilingual Children with Developmental Language Disorder: A Scoping Review
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Ramírez, Rica; Huang, Becky H.; Salazar, Kimberly; Eik, Mari – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2023
Purpose: Systematic reviews of bilingual children's reading development are very limited, and none of which solely focus on predictors of reading difficulties among those with developmental language disorder (DLD). The present scoping review fills an important need by analyzing the recent research literature on the reading outcomes of bilingual…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Reading Skills, Reading Difficulties, Language Impairments
Unraveling the Complex Nature of Mathematics Learning Disability: Implications for Research and Practice
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Watson, Silvana M. R.; Gable, Robert A. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2013
In this article, we provide an overview of current knowledge on the underlying cognitive deficits associated with mathematics learning disabilities (MLD). We highlight difficulties surrounding the identification of MLD that include inconsistency in defining MLD, comorbidity with other disabilities, problems associated with assessment tools and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Learning Disabilities, Comorbidity, Mathematics Skills
Specific Language Impairment: Continuing Clinical Concerns.
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Friel-Patti, Sandy – Topics in Language Disorders, 1999
This article reviews research on children with specific language impairment (SLI), a significant limitation in language ability in the absence of accompanying hearing impairments, low nonverbal intelligence, or neurological damage. Research is discussed on the heterogeneity of the children with SLI, diagnostic criteria for SLI, auditory…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Children, Clinical Diagnosis, Disability Identification
Alternative Diagnostic Approaches for Specific Developmental Reading Disabilities.
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Torgesen, Joseph K.; Wagner, Richard K. – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1998
Summarizes recent studies identifying specific linguistic-cognitive markers for reading disabilities and describes efforts to develop measures of these markers in the areas of phonological awareness, rapid automatic naming, and verbal short-term memory. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Decoding (Reading), Disability Identification, Dyslexia