Towards a further characterization of phonological and literacy problems in Dutch-speaking children with dyslexia

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-31

  Boets, Bart ^a,b   De Smedt, Bert ^a   Cleuren, Leen ^a   Vandewalle, Ellen ^b   Wouters, Jan ^b   Ghesquiére, Pol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b KU LEUVEN UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHILD; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REACTION TIME; READING; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPEECH DISORDER; STATISTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ARTICULATION DISORDERS; BELGIUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PARENTS; PHONETICS; REACTION TIME; READING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOCABULARY;

EID: 77951241555     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/026151010X485223     Document Type: Article

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