ERIC_NO: EJ431354
TITLE: Vocabulary Training for Children with Dyslexia.
AUTHOR: Fawcett, Angela J.; Nicolson, Roderick I.
PUBLICATION_DATE: 1991
JOURNAL_CITATION: Journal of Learning Disabilities; v24 n6 p379-83 Jun-Jul 1991
ABSTRACT: A vocabulary training program, using parents as sole instructors, led to significant and lasting improvements in word knowledge and lexical access speed for 13 adolescents with dyslexia. Furthermore, when the trained words matched the current vocabulary of the child, the improvement generalized to untrained words. (Author)
MAJOR_DESCRIPTORS: Dyslexia; Generalization; Parents as Teachers; Vocabulary Development;
MINOR DESCRIPTORS: Adolescents; Outcomes of Education; Vocabulary Skills;
PUBLICATION_TYPE: 080; 143
CLEARINGHOUSE_NO: EC601168
REPORT_NO: ISSN-0022-2194
AUDIENCE: Practitioners
LANGUAGE: English