In:
Journal of Learning Disabilities, SAGE Publications, Vol. 8, No. 10 ( 1975-12), p. 642-650
Kurzfassung:
Fifty-eight reading disabled children referred to a medical clinic for developmentally disabled children were examined on admission and after 3 to 5 years of special educational intervention. As a group, the children showed minimal gains in reading, remaining among the poorest readers for age. However, one-third of the children (mainly the older ones) made sufficient progress which, while slowly achieved, resulted in a minimal degree of functional reading. A high proportion of the children were diagnosed as having neurologic and/or psychiatric disorders which were unrelated to the level of reading failure found within the group. The findings suggested that such children are not representative of the general population of poor readers in the community and that throughout their schooling they require special educational methods, other than reading, for the acquisition of subject matter.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
ISSN:
0022-2194
,
1538-4780
DOI:
10.1177/002221947500801008
Sprache:
Englisch
Verlag:
SAGE Publications
Publikationsdatum:
1975
ZDB Id:
2077783-8
SSG:
5,2
SSG:
5,3
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