Profiles of strengths and weaknesses in dyslexia and other learning difficulties

Dyslexia

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 16-41

  Everatt, John ^a   Weeks, Sally ^a   Brooks, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive assessments; Profiles of strengths and weaknesses; Special educational needs groups

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; DYSPRAXIA; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PHONETICS; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SPECIAL EDUCATION; STRENGTH; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WEAKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 40549085365     PISSN: 10769242     EISSN: 10990909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dys.342     Document Type: Article

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