Screening for dyslexia, dyspraxia and Meares-Irlen syndrome in higher education

Dyslexia

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-60

  Nichols, S A ^a   McLeod, J S ^a   Holder, R L ^b   McLeod, H S T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dyslexia; Dyspraxia; Higher education; Meares Irlen syndrome; Screening; Visual stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; DYSPRAXIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUCID ADULT DYSLEXIA SCREENING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEARES IRLEN SYNDROME; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUTOR SCREENING BATTERY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VISUAL DISORDER; VOLUNTEER; ADOLESCENT; APRAXIA; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MASS SCREENING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PHONETICS; PSYCHOMETRY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STATISTICS; TEACHING; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; APRAXIAS; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PHONETICS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REMEDIAL TEACHING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65549153161     PISSN: 10769242     EISSN: 10990909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dys.382     Document Type: Article

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