Effectiveness of an Adaptive Spelling TrainingAbstract.Background: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effectiveness of an adaptive spelling training in children with comparatively poor spelling ...
On Additivity of Cognitive Deficit Profiles in Children with Comorbid Learning DisordersAbstract.Introduction: Current literature describes cognitive profiles of children with comorbid learning disabilities (...
Learning disabilities: diagnostic and interventionAbstract. Extensive diagnostics are essential for the detection of learning disorders. In order to be able to detect deviations in school achievement, standardized ...
Prevention of dyslexia: long-term effects on literacy acquisition of a preschool intervention in children at riskAbstract.Objective: The present study evaluates the long-term effects of a preschool training stimulating ...
Abstract. Although previous studies revealed evidence about the relationship between morphological competences and spelling abilities, only few studies investigated the specific role of morphological knowledge in spelling ...
Reading development in children. Cognitive preconditions and risk factorsAbstract. This narrative review addresses the complex operation of reading acquisition. Focusing on empirical research and meta-analytic insights, early reading ...
Abstract. Dyslexia is a phenomenon for which the brain correlates have been studied since the beginning of the 20th century. Simultaneously, the field of education has also been studying dyslexia and its remediation, mainly through ...
In-school intervention for children with difficulties in reading and writing through external learning therapistsAbstract.Background: A serious amount of all primary school children in Germany seems to have difficulties in basic reading and writing ...
Group-Based Training for Parents of Children with Dyslexia: Parent Satisfaction and Subjective EffectivenessAbstract.Background: Children with dyslexia show a variety of comorbid disorders like behavior and adaptive disorders, hyperkinetic and anxiety ...
Exekutive Funktionen (EF) sind kognitive Steuerungsmechanismen, die zielgerichtetes Verhalten ermöglichen. EF werden sowohl im Alltag als auch beim Lernen benötigt und stellen in der Diagnostik eine wichtige Beschreibungsdimension dar. Exekutive ...
Kognitive Subtypen von Entwicklungsdyslexie können Defizite vor allem in der Phonologie oder der visuell-räumlichen Aufmerksamkeit haben, die mit hirnfunktionellen Unterschieden zu Normallesern einhergehen. Die subtypenspezifische Aktivierungsänderung ...
A recent voice recognition experiment conducted by Perrachione, Del Tufo, and Gabrieli (2011) revealed that, in normal adult readers, the accuracy at identifying human voices was better in the participants’ mother tongue than in an unfamiliar language, ...
Mental Health Problems in Specific Developmental Disorders: Are there Differences between Dyslexia and Dyscalculia?Background: This study investigated psychopathology in children with specific developmental disorders by comparing children with dyslexia, ...
Gender Differences in Reading, Writing, and CalculationBackground: Cognitive gender differences and their origins are a hotly debated subject. Strict nature-nurture dichotomies concerning causal roles of gender differences are not useful for their ...
Long-term Course of Dyslexia, Dyscalculia and Expressive Language Disorder: A 30-month Follow-up StudyBackgrounds: The study focuses on the short-term course of specific developmental disorders in a community sample. It investigates the prognoses of ...
Prevalence of Poor Learners and Children with Learning Disorders: Investigating the Role of Diagnostic CriteriaBackground & Aims: In primary schools learning difficulties often occur in spite of an unimpaired intellectual ability. Experts differ ...
Extended AbstractImplicit learning and dyslexia: Are Implicit Learning Deficits Involved in the Development of Reading and Spelling Difficulties?Background: About 5 % of school-aged children are affected by dyslexia. There has been intensive research on ...
Zusammenfassung: In diesem Artikel möchte ich die von mir entwickelte Förderung für legasthene und lese-rechtschreibschwache Kinder in der Fremdsprache Englisch vorstellen. Nach einem kurzen Überblick über Herkunft und Besonderheiten der gesprochenen und ...
The validity of early predictive measures of delayed reading acquisition is summarized on the basis of the Jyväskylä Longitudinal study of Dyslexia (JLD). These results show that children in need of support can be identified years before school age. After ...
Language impairments can have a devastating effect on the individual’s life. Brain damage such as stroke may cause varying degrees of impaired language. Even milder language problems, such as developmental dyslexia or specific language impairment, can ...