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Cognitive profiles of learning disabled children
Author(s) -
Elliott Colin D.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
british journal of developmental psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.062
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 2044-835X
pISSN - 0261-510X
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-835x.1989.tb00797.x
Subject(s) - rutter , psychology , backwardness , reading (process) , developmental psychology , dyslexia , cognition , linguistics , psychiatry , philosophy , economics , economic growth
Van der Wissel (1987), on the basis of computer‐generated data, has recently concluded that there is no ground for the supposition of aetiologically based different types of failing children. The study reported in this paper examines van der Wissel's conclusions for two samples of children with reading difficulties: (a) 145 poor readers subdivided into SRR (specific reading retardation) and GRB (general reading backwardness) groups, using Rutter & Yule's (1975) criteria; and (b) 121 dyslexic children subdivided into three groups on the basis of cluster analyses. Results provided partial confirmation of van der Wissel in the GRB group, and disconfirmation in the SRR and clinical dyslexic groups. It is concluded that van der Wissel's suggestion that a single aetiology can account for all school failers is incorrect, and that there is likely to be a number of cognitive profiles and aetiologies associated with failure in reading.