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Duff, Fiona J.; Hulme, Charles; Grainger, Katy; Hardwick, Samantha J.; Miles, Jeremy N. V.; Snowling, Margaret J. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2014
Background: Intervention studies for children at risk of dyslexia have typically been delivered preschool, and show short-term effects on letter knowledge and phoneme awareness, with little transfer to literacy. Methods: This randomised controlled trial evaluated the effectiveness of a reading and language intervention for 6-year-old children…
Descriptors: Intervention, Children, At Risk Persons, Dyslexia
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Hamilton, Lorna G.; Hayiou-Thomas, Marianna E.; Hulme, Charles; Snowling, Margaret J. – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2016
The home literacy environment (HLE) predicts language and reading development in typically developing children; relatively little is known about its association with literacy development in children at family-risk of dyslexia. We assessed the HLE at age 4 years, precursor literacy skills at age 5, and literacy outcomes at age 6, in a sample of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Environment, Family Literacy, Predictor Variables
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Nash, Hannah M.; Hulme, Charles; Gooch, Debbie; Snowling, Margaret J. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2013
Background: Children at family risk of dyslexia have been reported to show phonological deficits as well as broader language delays in the preschool years. Method: The preschool language skills of 112 children at family risk of dyslexia (FR) at ages 3½ and 4½ were compared with those of children with SLI and typically developing (TD) controls.…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Genetics, Control Groups, Oral Language
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Snowling, Margaret J.; Hulme, Charles – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2012
Against a backdrop of research on individual differences in reading disorders, this review considers a range of effective interventions to promote reading and language skills evaluated by our group. The review begins by contrasting the reading profiles seen in dyslexia and reading comprehension impairment and then argues that different…
Descriptors: Intervention, Children, Reading Difficulties, Dyslexia