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EARLY SCREENING FOR DYSLEXIA — A COLLABORATIVE PILOT PROJECT
Author(s) -
Ball Sandy,
Becker Tanya,
Boys Mo,
Davies Stella,
Noton Heather
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
international journal of language and communication disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.101
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1460-6984
pISSN - 1368-2822
DOI - 10.3109/13682820109177862
Subject(s) - psychology , intervention (counseling) , dyslexia , literacy , developmental psychology , language disorder , response to intervention , medical education , reading (process) , pedagogy , medicine , cognition , psychiatry , political science , law , neuroscience
An ongoing collaborative project, currently being piloted in 12 Wiltshire primary schools, is described. The aim is to provide a means of identifying potentially dyslexic children by the end of Key Stage 1 (Year 2) with a view to early intervention. The causal links identified by research between phonological skills and literacy development are taken as the theoretical basis of an initial screening procedure, and an intervention package is implemented for identified children. Those demonstrating persistent difficulties one year later are further assessed over a school term using an assessment package designed to identify those children showing a dyslexic profile. Further intervention is then planned and implemented.