Early reading development in children at family risk for dyslexia

Child Development

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 816-833

  Pennington, Bruce F ^a   Lefly, Dianne L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b Denver Public Schools   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; DYSLEXIA; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING;

ACHIEVEMENT; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DYSLEXIA; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PHONETICS; READING;

EID: 0035345557     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00317     Document Type: Article

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