Sarah Blackstone, Fei Luo, R Michael Barker, Rose A Sevcik, MaryAnn Romski, Vicki Casella, Christine Roman-Lantzy
Profiles of Children With Cortical Visual Impairment Who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication: A Retrospective Examination
American journal of speech-language pathology
authors examined development oral language decoding skills preschool early elementary school relation beginning reading comprehension using crosssequential design four 6yearold children tested oral language decoding skills retested 2 years later age groups oral language decoding skills formed distinct clusters 2 clusters related preschool relation became weaker kindergarten 2nd grade structural equation modeling showed sets skills 2nd grade independently predicted childs reading comprehension findings confirm extend view 2 clusters skills develop early childs life contribute reading comprehension activities early elementary school cluster making considerable unique contribution