Developmental Outcomes for Children at High Risk of Dyslexia and Children with Developmental Language Disorder

TY - JOUR

T1 - Developmental Outcomes for Children at High Risk of Dyslexia and Children with Developmental Language Disorder

AU - Snowling, Margaret Jean

AU - Nash, Hannah

AU - Gooch, Deborah Claire

AU - Hayiou-Thomas, Marianna Emma

AU - Hulme, Charles

N1 - © 2019 The Authors

PY - 2019/9/18

Y1 - 2019/9/18

N2 - We followed children at family-risk of dyslexia and children with preschool language difficulties from age 3½, comparing them with controls (N = 234). At age 8, children were classified as having dyslexia or Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) and compared at earlier time points with controls. Children with dyslexia have specific difficulties with phonology and emergent reading skills in the preschool period whereas children with DLD, with or without dyslexia, show a wider range of impairments including significant problems with executive and motor tasks. For children with both dyslexia and DLD, difficulties with phonology are generally more severe than those observed in children with dyslexia or DLD alone. Findings confirm that poor phonology is the major cognitive risk factor for dyslexia.

AB - We followed children at family-risk of dyslexia and children with preschool language difficulties from age 3½, comparing them with controls (N = 234). At age 8, children were classified as having dyslexia or Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) and compared at earlier time points with controls. Children with dyslexia have specific difficulties with phonology and emergent reading skills in the preschool period whereas children with DLD, with or without dyslexia, show a wider range of impairments including significant problems with executive and motor tasks. For children with both dyslexia and DLD, difficulties with phonology are generally more severe than those observed in children with dyslexia or DLD alone. Findings confirm that poor phonology is the major cognitive risk factor for dyslexia.

KW - DYSLEXIA, DEVELOPMENTAL LANGUAGE DISORDER , AT-RISK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85060594661&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1111/cdev.13216

DO - 10.1111/cdev.13216

M3 - Article

SN - 0009-3920

VL - 90

SP - e548-e564

JO - Child Development

JF - Child Development

IS - 5

ER -