Children at familial risk of dyslexia: Practical implications from an at-risk study

Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-41

  Muter, Valerie ^a   Snowling, Margaret J ^b  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Dyslexia; Reading at risk; Teaching

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; FAMILIAL INCIDENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; READING; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEACHING;

EID: 58749091487     PISSN: 1475357X     EISSN: 14753588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-3588.2007.00480.x     Document Type: Article

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