Learning to read in Williams syndrome and Down syndrome: Syndrome-specific precursors and developmental trajectories

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 754-762

  Steele, Ann ^a   Scerif, Gaia ^a   Cornish, Kim ^b   Karmiloff Smith, Annette ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; letter knowledge; longitudinal; phonological awareness; predictors; reading; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SEMANTICS; WILLIAMS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL LANGUAGE DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOWN SYNDROME; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PHONETICS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEMANTICS; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 84879465652     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12070     Document Type: Article

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