Phonological awareness of children with Down syndrome: Its role in learning to read and the effectiveness of related interventions

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 316-330

  Lemons, Christopher J ^a   Fuchs, Douglas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Phonological awareness; Reading instruction

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; COGNITION; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; PEER GROUP; PHONEME; PHONETICS; READING; REVIEW; SPELLING;

AWARENESS; CHILD; DOWN SYNDROME; EDUCATION OF MENTALLY RETARDED; HUMANS; PHONETICS; READING; SPEECH DISORDERS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 77949325546     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2009.11.002     Document Type: Review

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