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Roch, Maja; Jarrold, Christopher – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2008
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 approach to reading, 12 children and young adults with Down syndrome were assessed for reading and phonological awareness skills. They were compared to a control group of 14…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Reading Strategies, Phonological Awareness, Down Syndrome
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Kittler, P.; Krinsky-McHale, S. J.; Devenny, D. A. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2006
Background: Verbal intrusion errors are irrelevant responses made in the course of verbal memory retrieval or language production that have been associated with disruption of executive functions and the prefrontal cortex. They have been observed to occur more frequently both with normal aging and with neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Semantics, Intervals, Word Lists