A Cumulative Risk and Resilience Model of Dyslexia

• Published in: Journal of learning disabilities Vol. 55; no. 3; pp. 171 - 184
• Main Authors: Catts, Hugh W., Petscher, Yaacov
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.05.2022; SAGE Publications and Hammill Institute on Disabilities; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: At Risk Students; Attention; Causal Models; Child; Children; Disability; Disability Identification; Dyslexia; Early Intervention; Humans; Learning disabilities; Legislation; People with disabilities; Prevention; Reading Difficulties; Reading disabilities; Reading Instruction; Resilience; Resilience (Psychology); Risk; Risk Assessment; Special education; early identification/intervention; resilience; dyslexia

Considerable attention and legislation are currently focused on developmental dyslexia. A major challenge to these efforts is how to define and operationalize dyslexia. In this article, we argue that rather than defining dyslexia on the basis of an underlying condition, dyslexia is best viewed as a...