Developmental dyslexia is a lifelong impairment affecting 5% to 10% of the population. In French-speaking countries, although a number of standardized tests for dyslexia in children are available, tools suitable to screen for dyslexia in adults are lacking. In this study, we administered the "Alouette" reading test to a normative sample…

The purpose of the present studies was to provide the means to create brief versions of instruments that can aid the diagnosis and classification of students with learning disabilities and comorbid disorders (e.g., attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder). A sample of 1,108 students with and without a diagnosis of learning disabilities took part…

Social perceptual skill deficit theory was used to explain low peer acceptance of 30 children with learning disabilities (LD) as well as measure the quality of tests measuring social perception. Results showed LD children getting both lower peer acceptance and social perception scores with some variations a function of task. (Author/PB)