Fascinating journey: Paths to the prediction and prevention of reading disability

Silver, Archie A.; Hagin, Rosa A.

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“…These delays may be found in the visual, auditory, and body image (particularly in right-left discrimination, praxis, and finger gnosis) perceptual modalities. In any individual child they may appear in any or all combinations of dysgnosias, dysphasias, and dyspraxias (Silver & Hagin 1972, 1975, Silver, Hagin, Devito, Kreeger, & Scully 1976. SEARCH attempts to find kindergarten children who deviate from their age-mates in these areas.…”

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Scanning, Diagnosis, and Intervention in the Prevention of Reading Disabilities

1978

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The validation efforts reviewed here examine the capability of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children to differentiate previously clinically described visual and auditory perceptually classified learning disabled children and the predictive power of SEARCH, a preschool and early school-age screening device. The material reviewed highlights a treatment program that attempts to teach relaxation. -DAS. S canning, diagnosis, and interventioncomprise the tripartite base on which rest programs for the prevention of reading failure.By scanning is meant the survey of entire kindergartens in schools to detect those children who may have difficulty in learning to read in •Computation supported by ERDA under contract E[ll-1 (3077)] on CDC 6600 at Courant Institute of Mathematical Studies, New York University.their elementary school years. Effective scanning implies that our instrument can predict with reasonable accuracy future reading failure, that the incidence of false-positives is negligible and of false-negatives minimal, that it can be given to large numbers of children quickly and economically, and that the administration of the test and the interpretation of results can be done skillfully by school personnel after brief training.

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Scanning, Diagnosis, and Intervention in the Prevention of Reading Disabilities

1978

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“…While the vertical line appears early (at about the age of three years), diagonal lines do not develop normally until ages six to eight years. Verticalization of diagonal lines and distortion of the angles of geometric figures continue far beyond these ages with children with learning disabilities (Silver & Hagin 1975). When one considers the difficulties these children have in drawing simple designs, it is not surprising that conventional cursive writing, with its diagonal slant, reciprocal movements, and complex letter forms, presents problems for them.…”

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Write Right—or Left

Hagin

1983

J Learn Disabil

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Although legible and rapid handwriting is a necessary skill for success in school and adult life, recent research in this area is meager. This paper proposes a simplified handwriting method for children who have difficulty in learning conventional cursive writing patterns. Designed to meet learning disabled children s needs for task analysis, overlearning, monitoring, and verbal cues, this method is based on the vertical downstroke, rather than the diagonal slant necessary to most cursive writing. Building on the motor patterns of manuscript letters usually taught in the early years, this method adds connecting strokes that permit faster writing than is possible with the separated letters of print. By emphasizing the vertical downstroke and the natural connections between manuscript letters, this writing method combines the simplicity of manuscript with the speed of cursive writing.

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Highlights in pioneering the understanding of language disabilities

Bender¹

1987

Annals of Dyslexia

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Fascinating journey: Paths to the prediction and prevention of reading disability

Cited by 4 publications

References 12 publications

Scanning, Diagnosis, and Intervention in the Prevention of Reading Disabilities

Scanning, Diagnosis, and Intervention in the Prevention of Reading Disabilities

Write Right—or Left

Highlights in pioneering the understanding of language disabilities

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