Sietske van Viersen|Evelyn H. Kroesbergen|Esther M. Slot|Elise de Bree
High Reading Skills Mask Dyslexia in Gifted Children
University of Amsterdam|Utrecht University|Utrecht University|Utrecht University|University of Amsterdam|Utrecht University
study investigated gifted children dyslexia might able mask literacy problems role possible compensatory mechanisms sample consisted 121 dutch primary school children divided four groups typically developing td children children dyslexia gifted children gifted children dyslexia test battery included measures literacy readingspelling cognitive abilities related literacy language phonological awareness pa rapid automatized naming ran verbal shortterm memory vstm working memory wm grammar vocabulary hypothesized gifted children dyslexia would outperform children dyslexia literacy tests addition coredeficit model including dyslexiarelated weaknesses compensational model involving giftednessrelated strengths tested using bayesian statistics explain readingspelling performance gifted children dyslexia performed literacy tests children dyslexia td children cognitive profile showed signs weaknesses pa ran strengths vstm wm language skills findings indicate phonology risk factor gifted children dyslexia moderated skills wm grammar vocabulary providing opportunities compensation cognitive deficit masking literacy difficulties