Minna Torppa|Asko Tolvanen|Anna?Maija Poikkeus|Kenneth Eklund|Marja?Kristiina Lerkkanen|Esko Leskinen|Heikki Lyytinen
Reading development subtypes and their early characteristics
University of Jyväskylä|University of Jyväskylä|University of Jyväskylä|University of Jyväskylä|University of Jyväskylä|University of Jyväskylä|University of Jyväskylä
present findings drawn jyvskyl longitudinal study dyslexia jld approximately 100 children familial risk dyslexia 100 control children followed birth paper report data reading development jld children classmates total 1750 children four measurement points first two school years total sample examined whether heterogeneous developmental paths identified based profiles word recognition reading comprehension secondly studied kind early language literacy skill profiles reading experiences characterize children differing reading development followup sample mixture modeling procedure resulted five subtypes 1 poor readers 2 slow decoders 3 poor comprehenders 4 average readers 5 good readers children familial risk dyslexia performed average lower level reading tasks classmates controls overrepresented slow decoders subtype differences subtypes found early language literacy skill development well reading experiences reading subtypes