Zahra Esmaeeli|Kjersti Lundetræ|Fiona Kyle
What can Parents' Self?report of Reading Difficulties Tell Us about Their Children's Emergent Literacy at School Entry?
University of Stavanger|University of Stavanger|City, University of London
research linked family risk fr reading difficulties rd childrens difficulties emergent literacy development study first apply parents selfreport rd proxy fr large sample n 1171 order test group differences childrens emergent literacy emergent literacy home literacy environment childrens interest literacy letters compared across different groups fr children around school entry fr children performed lower emergent literacy compared notfr children furthermore comparing fr children one parent reporting rd children parents reporting rd moderate group differences found emergent literacy finally parents selfreport rd significant contributor emergent literacy controlling home literacy environment childrens gender interest literacy letters months kindergarten vocabulary parents education findings suggest schools monitor reading development children parents selfreporting rd closely especially parents selfreport rd 2017 authors dyslexia published john wiley amp sons ltd