The Case for Early Intervention in Diagnosing Specific Reading Disability

Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 367-397

  Vellutino, Frank R ^a   Scanlon, Donna M ^a   Tanzman, Melinda S ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosing reading disability; Early intervention; Psychometric exclusionary assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000043115     PISSN: 00224405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4405(98)00019-3     Document Type: Article

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