Longitudinal Predictors of Word Reading for Children with Williams Syndrome

Autor/inn/en	Richter, Caroline G.; Cardoso-Martins, Cláudia; Mervis, Carolyn B.
Titel	Longitudinal Predictors of Word Reading for Children with Williams Syndrome
Quelle	In: Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 36 (2023) 8, S.2119-2145 (27 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Richter, Caroline G.) ORCID (Cardoso-Martins, Cláudia) ORCID (Mervis, Carolyn B.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0922-4777
DOI	10.1007/s11145-022-10370-7
Schlagwörter	Predictor Variables; Reading Skills; Genetic Disorders; Young Children; Phonological Awareness; Spatial Ability; Visual Perception; Vocabulary; Cognitive Ability; Phonics; Reading Instruction; Word Recognition; Program Effectiveness; Students with Disabilities + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Prädiktor; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; Frühe Kindheit; Räumliches Vorstellungsvermögen; Visuelle Wahrnehmung; Wortschatz; Denkfähigkeit; Leseunterricht; Worterkennung; Student; Students; Disability; Disabilities; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Behinderung
Abstract	We examined the cognitive, language, and instructional predictors of early word-reading ability in a sample of children with Williams syndrome longitudinally. At Time 1, sixty-nine 6-7-year-olds (mean age = 6.53 years) completed standardized measures of phonological awareness, visual-spatial perception, vocabulary, and overall intellectual ability. Word-reading instruction type was classified as (systematic) Phonics (n = 35) or Other (n = 34). At Time 2, approximately 3 years later (mean age = 9.47 years), children completed a standardized assessment of single-word reading ability. Reading ability at Time 2 varied considerably, from inability to read any words to word-reading ability slightly above the level expected for age. The results of a multiple regression indicated that Time 1 word-reading instruction type, phonological awareness, and visual-spatial perception (as assessed by a matching letter-like forms measure) each explained significant unique variance in word reading at Time 2. A systematic phonics approach was associated with significantly better performance than other reading-instruction approaches. Exploratory analyses suggested that the relations between these factors were complex. Considered together, these findings strongly suggest that, in line with the Cumulative Risk and Resilience Model of reading disability, word-reading (dis)ability in Williams syndrome is probabilistic in nature, resulting from the interaction of multiple individual and environmental risk and protective factors. The results also have educational implications: early word-reading instruction for children with Williams syndrome should combine systematic phonics and phonological awareness training while also incorporating letter discrimination instruction highlighting the visual-spatial differences between similar-appearing letters. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01