Estimating the risk of future reading difficulties in kindergarten children: A research-based model and its clinical implementation

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 38-50

  Catts, Hugh W ^a   Fey, Marc E ^b   Zhang, Xuyang ^c   Tomblin, J Bruce ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Early identification; Logistic regression; Prevention; Reading difficulties; Reading disabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035586955     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461(2001/004)     Document Type: Article

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