Reading Disorders in Special Population (W4)

Question 1

What skill is correlated with IQ in IDD populations?

Answer 1

-Decoding skills

Question 2

Traditional view of reading in ASD:

Answer 2

-Reading has been assumed to be a strength for children with ASD because they tend to have a strength with visual modalities, it’s not interactive or unpredictable, it’s concrete, etc.

Question 3

What term has been applied to some children with ASD?

Answer 3

Hyperlexic (again, above average ability to decode, but poor comprehension) - AKA SCD

Question 4

Reading skills in 41 children w/ASD found the mean decoding skills and mean comprehension skills to be what?

Answer 4

• Mean decoding skills were WNL (however, should have been lower had 9 non-readers been not included)
• Mean comprehension skills were ~1 SD below average
• SEEMS to fit the mold for SCD.

Question 5

The reading in ASD children study found a weaker relationship between what two tasks?

Answer 5

-Real-word and non-word decoding (suggesting that people with ASD rely LESS on phonological information and more on visual information)

Question 6

T/F: Individual variability was lacking in the reading in ASD kids study?

Answer 6

FALSE - individual variability was substantial!

Question 7

Children with DS have what reading patterns? (2)

Answer 7

• Show a less consistent relationship between phonological awareness and reading ability
• May show better comprehension for written information than oral information

Question 8

What might be a greater predictor of reading ability for children with DS?

Answer 8

-Vocabulary

Question 9

Why mighty you see the patterns you see in reading for children with DS?

Answer 9

-They have exceptional weakness in linguistic form and auditory verbal memory

Question 10

Possible contributing factors for lower reading skills in ELL children include: (2)

Answer 10

• Lack of familiarity w/English

- SES – ELL have lower SES and therefore less experience with print before school

Question 11

Reading skills for bilingual children debate

Answer 11

• Side 1: Literacy skills do not transfer across languages well (L1 vocab predicts L1 reading, L2 vocab predicts L2 reading)
• Side 2: Bilingual literacy instruction leads to improved educational outcomes for bilingual children