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Zuk, Jennifer; Dunstan, Jade; Norton, Elizabeth; Yu, Xi; Ozernov-Palchik, Ola; Wang, Yingying; Hogan, Tiffany P.; Gabrieli, John D. E.; Gaab, Nadine – Developmental Science, 2021
Recent efforts have focused on screening methods to identify children at risk for dyslexia as early as preschool/kindergarten. Unfortunately, while low sensitivity leads to under-identification of at-risk children, low "specificity" can lead to over-identification, resulting in inaccurate allocation of limited educational resources. The…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, At Risk Persons, Screening Tests, Preschool Children
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Barbot, Baptiste; Krivulskaya, Suzanna; Hein, Sascha; Reich, Jodi; Thuma, Philip E.; Grigorenko, Elena L. – Developmental Science, 2016
Differences in learning patterns of vocabulary acquisition in children at risk (+SRD) and not at risk (-SRD) for Specific Reading Disability (SRD) were examined using a microdevelopmental paradigm applied to the multi-trial Foreign Language Learning Task (FLLT; Baddeley et al., 1995). The FLLT was administered to 905 children from rural…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Disability Identification, Learning Processes, Vocabulary Development
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Sonuga-Barke, Edmund J. S.; Auerbach, Judith; Campbell, Susan B.; Daley, David; Thompson, Margaret – Developmental Science, 2005
In this paper we examine the characteristics of preschool attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) from both mental disorder and developmental psychopathology points of view. The equivalence of preschool and school-aged hyperactivity as a behavioral dimension is highlighted together with the potential value of extending the use of the ADHD…
Descriptors: Mental Disorders, Child Development, Developmental Stages, Hyperactivity