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Importance of Speech Production for Phonological Awareness and Word Decoding: The Case of Children with Cerebral Palsy
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Peeters, Marieke; Verhoeven, Ludo; de Moor, Jan; van Balkom, Hans – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2009
The goal of this longitudinal study was to investigate the precursors of early reading development in 52 children with cerebral palsy at kindergarten level in comparison to 65 children without disabilities. Word Decoding was measured to investigate early reading skills, while Phonological Awareness, Phonological Short-term Memory (STM), Speech…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Phonological Awareness, Cerebral Palsy, Short Term Memory
Theory of Mind in Children with Severe Speech and Physical Impairment (SSPI): A Longitudinal Study
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Falkman, Kerstin W.; Sandberg, Annika Dahlgren; Hjelmquist, Erland – International Journal of Disability Development and Education, 2005
Six children with cerebral palsy and severe speech impairment took part in a two-phase longitudinal study of development of social cognition. The children ranged in age from 5 to 7 years old at data collection time 1 and from nine to 11 years old at data collection time 2. Using a model of normal development of Theory of Mind (ToM) suggested by…
Descriptors: Speech Impairments, Social Cognition, Data Collection, Cerebral Palsy