Epidemiology of Reading Disabilities; Some Methodologic Considerations and Early Findings

Miller, Amanda L.; Margolin, Joseph B.; Yolles, Stanley F.

doi:10.2105/ajph.47.10.1250

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“…Of the 32 children who had achievement tests over a 6-year period, their median reading improvement before referral averaged .7 grade level/year compared to .8 grade level/year afterward. Thus, the rate of reading improvement remained relatively stable for this population of remedial readers, a finding reported by others (Birch, 1950;Miller, Margolin, & Yolles, 1957;Morris, 1966).…”

Section: Factors Related To Reading Improvementsupporting

confidence: 79%

Factors associated with improvement in severe reading disability

Safer¹,

Allen²

1973

Psychol. Schs.

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Section: Factors Related To Reading Improvementsupporting

confidence: 79%

Factors associated with improvement in severe reading disability

Safer¹,

Allen²

1973

Psychol. Schs.

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“…Epidemiologically, backwardness at reading has been regarded as an index of family psychopathology, a 'coliform count', as it were, of problems of family mental health (Miller et al 1957) and this study shows an excess of such problems in the families of backward readers even within a socially homogeneous community. These problems appear to be associated with an excess of neuroticism in the mothers and it may be that prediction of reading backwardness could more readily be made by studying the mothers rather than by testing the children, with all the attendant difficulties.…”

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The Families of Backward Readers [Abridged]

Tuckman

1965

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine

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“…Studies of the verbal responses of infants in varying social settings (Irwin, 1948a(Irwin, , 1948b and research on the epidemiology of reading abilities and disabilities (Miller, Margolin, & Yolles, 1957) suggest that creative growth may to some extent be "culturally acquired." How might such an hypothesis be broadly tested?…”

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New perspectives regarding positive mental health.

Knutson

1963

American Psychologist

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YLVIA Pankhurst, the woman suffragist, fought her cause on the streets of London where she met people from all walks of life. It is said that she once bent down to console a small boy who was sobbing as though his heart would break. As she patted him on the head she advised, "There, there, little boy. Don't cry. Tell your trouble to God. She will help you."This illustration of the impact of a social value on thought seems appropriate at this time when current orientations toward mental health and positive mental health seem much akin to value orientations in guiding-and blinding-thought and action.Man, perhaps more than any other creature, is a valuing animal. A subtle network of values, chiefly acquired in infancy, guide both the direction and mode of his thought and action, and give meaning and significance to his efforts. The intensity with which these values are held may at once impart fervor to his strivings and blind him to other possible, even more fruitful alternatives. Unless shaken up by some unusual situation or value conflict, he may be unaware of their guiding-and restrictinginfluence.Individuals also assume new values while going through the orientation, training, and initiation experiences which gain membership in professional or action groups. Psychologists who have ventured into new areas of research and action may find themselves holding value orientations quite different from those held by their colleagues who have remained in academic pursuits or who have moved into other professional fields. One might reasonably hypothesize that once such professional value orientations have become interiorized, they guide thoughts and orient perceptions in much the same way as do the value orientations we hold toward life, time, space, and natural forces of the universe.May I suggest that those of us who have moved 1 1 would like to express my appreciation to members of the APA Committee on Mental Health Research and Programs for the stimulus they have provided in helping me to develop this paper.

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Epidemiology of Reading Disabilities; Some Methodologic Considerations and Early Findings

Cited by 12 publications

References 3 publications

Factors associated with improvement in severe reading disability

Factors associated with improvement in severe reading disability

The Families of Backward Readers [Abridged]

New perspectives regarding positive mental health.

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