Maja Roch|Elena Florit|Chiara Levorato
Follow-up study on reading comprehension in Down's syndrome: the role of reading skills and listening comprehension
University of Padua|University of Padua|University of Padua
background according simple view reading reading comprehension requires abilities reading skill listening comprehension individuals downs syndrome show relative strengths reading skills mainly word recognition attain reading age 78 years compared word recognition reading comprehension usually delayed least 6 months poor reading comprehension paralleled weak listening comprehension claimed poor listening comprehension might constrain development reading comprehension therefore cause asynchrony reading skills reading comprehension aims followup study carried order analyse improvements reading skills listening reading text comprehension support hypothesis causal relationship listening reading comprehension methods procedures ten children adolescents downs syndrome aged 11 years 3 months 19 years 10 months assessed twice oneyear period reading skills listening reading text comprehension outcomes results three main findings emerged 1 reading skills one hand comprehension listening reading hand independent 2 reading comprehension development determined mainly listening comprehension present study proved poor 3 improvement oneyear period even though limited occurred examined abilities except listening comprehension conclusions implications results discussed light theoretical framework simple view reading relevance practical educational issues