Annual research review: The nature and classification of reading disorders - A commentary on proposals for DSM-5

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 593-607

  Snowling, Margaret J ^a   Hulme, Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dyslexia; intervention; language disorders; reading comprehension impairment; Reading disorders

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DYSLEXIA; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; READING; REVIEW;

CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DYSLEXIA; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; READING;

EID: 84859711730     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2011.02495.x     Document Type: Review

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