The Development of Children at Familial Risk for Dyslexia: Birth to Early School Age

• Published in: Annals of dyslexia Vol. 54; no. 2; pp. 184 - 220
• Main Authors: Lyytinen, Heikki, Aro, Mikko, Eklund, Kenneth, Erskine, Jane, Guttorm, Tomi, Laakso, Marja-Leena, Leppänen, Paavo H. T., Lyytinen, Paula, Poikkeus, Anna-Maija, Richardson, Ulla, Torppa, Minna
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States The International Dyslexia Association 01.12.2004; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: At Risk Persons; Case-Control Studies; Child; Child Development; Child, Preschool; Children; Control Groups; Correlation; Dyslexia; Dyslexia - etiology; Dyslexia - genetics; Early intervention; Female; Genetic Predisposition to Disease; Genetics; Health risk assessment; Humans; Language Development; Language Processing; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Measures (Individuals); Orthographies; Pedigree; Phonemics; Phonetics; Phonological awareness; Phonology; Prognosis; Reading; Reading Ability; Reading comprehension; Reading Skills; Risk Factors; School Entrance Age; Speech; Young Children; Youths at risk

Children at risk for familial dyslexia (n = 107) and their controls (n = 93) have been followed from birth to school entry in the Jyväskylä Longitudinal study of Dyslexia (JLD) on developmental factors linked to reading and dyslexia. At the point of school entry, the majority of the at-risk children...