RAN and PA in Children With RD and/or SLI (De Groot et al., 2015)

Purpose: The objective of this study was to assess and compare the predictive values of group membership for rapid automatized naming (RAN) and phonemic awareness (PA) in Dutch school children with and without reading disabilities (RD) or specific language impairment (SLI). Method: A composite word reading index and a formal SLI diagnosis were used to classify a total of 1,267 children aged 8 to 13 years old either as RD-only ( n = 126), SLI-only ( n = 21), comorbid (RD+SLI; n = 30), or typically developing ( n = 1,090). RAN and PA were assessed with 4 standardized subtests. The clinical subgr... Mehr ...