Dyslexia/reading difficulty: Reassessing the evidence for a developmental model

Educational Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 3-16

  Kelly, Barbara ^a  

^a Psychological Services   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developmental model; Dyslexia; Language delay; Reading

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039982331     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0013188980400101     Document Type: Article

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