Minna Torppa|Paula Lyytinen|Jane Erskine|Kenneth Eklund|Heikki Lyytinen
Language Development, Literacy Skills, and Predictive Connections to Reading in Finnish Children With and Without Familial Risk for Dyslexia
University of Jyväskylä|University of Jyväskylä|University of Jyväskylä|University of Jyväskylä|University of Jyväskylä
discriminative language markers predictive links early language literacy skills investigated retrospectively jyvskyl longitudinal study dyslexia children familial risk dyslexia followed birth three groups formed basis 198 childrens reading spelling status one group children reading disability rd n 46 two groups typical readers nondyslexic control trc n 84 dyslexic families trd n 68 examined age 15 years school age rd group outperformed typical readers numerous language literacy measures expressive receptive language morphology phonological sensitivity ran letter knowledge 2 years age onward strongest predictive links emerged receptive expressive language reading via measures letter naming rapid naming morphology phonological awareness