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Effects of a Virtually Delivered Reading and Embedded Mindset Intervention on Reading Performance for Fourth-Grader Struggling Readers
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Al Otaiba, Stephanie; Wanzek, Jeanne; Petscher, Yaacov; Fluhler, Sally; Rivas, Brenna; Russell Freudenthal, Dayna – Topics in Language Disorders, 2023
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a virtual intensive reading intervention embedded with mindset training compared with typical reading instruction in a business-as-usual (BAU) condition delivered to fourth-grade students with or at risk for reading disabilities. After screening, the 59 participants were stratified and…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Grade 4, Elementary School Students, At Risk Students
Embedding Evidence-Based Practices to Address Literacy in School-Based Speech-Language Therapy
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Tambyraja, Sherine R.; Schmitt, Mary Beth – Topics in Language Disorders, 2020
Children with language impairment (LI) are at an elevated risk for reading difficulties, particularly if their language difficulties are present at the time of formal schooling entry. Learning to read is heavily dependent on linguistic knowledge, specifically phonological knowledge for word decoding and language comprehension for reading…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Speech Language Pathology, Speech Therapy, Literacy
The Impact of New Technologies on the Literacy Attainment of Deaf Children
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Harris, Margaret – Topics in Language Disorders, 2015
To become successful readers, hearing children require competence in both decoding--the ability to read individual words, underpinned by phonological skills and letter-sound knowledge--and linguistic comprehension--the ability to understand what they read--underpinned by language skills, including vocabulary knowledge. Children who are born with a…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Decoding (Reading), Phonological Awareness
Reading, Writing, and Spoken Language Assessment Profiles for Students Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing Compared with Students with Language Learning Disabilities
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Nelson, Nickola Wolf; Crumpton, Teresa – Topics in Language Disorders, 2015
Working with students who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) can raise questions about whether language and literacy delays and difficulties are related directly to late and limited access to spoken language, to co-occurring language learning disabilities (LLD), or to both. A new Test of Integrated Language and Literacy Skills, which incorporates…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Language Skills, Language Acquisition
Hyperlexia: Reading without Meaning in Young Children.
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Aram, Dorothy M. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1997
Discusses the cognitive characteristics, neurobiological bases, and language and reading abilities of individuals with hyperlexia. A study of 12 children (ages 7-13) with hyperlexia is summarized that illustrates the dissociation between decoding and comprehension and the limited use of meaningful context to aid decoding. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Children, Decoding (Reading), Disability Identification, Etiology
The Dyslexia Spectrum: Continuities between Reading, Speech, and Language Impairments
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Snowling, Margaret J.; Hayiou-Thomas, Marianna E. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2006
D. V. M. Bishop and M. J. Snowling (2004) proposed that 2 dimensions of language are required to conceptualize the relationship between dyslexia and specific language impairment: phonological skills and wider language skills beyond phonology (grammatical, semantic, and pragmatic skills). In this article, we discuss the commonalities between…
Descriptors: Phonology, Language Skills, Environmental Influences, Reading Comprehension
The Simple View of Reading: Assessment and Intervention
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Roberts, Jenny A.; Scott, Kathleen A. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2006
The Simple View of Reading (P. B. Gough & W. Tunmer, 1986; W. A. Hoover & P. B. Gough, 1990) provides a 2-component model of reading. Each of these 2 components, decoding and comprehension, is necessary for normal reading to occur. The Simple View of Reading provides a relatively transparent model that can be used by professionals not only to…
Descriptors: Written Language, Reading Difficulties, Language Skills, Intervention