Dyslexia

References

Citations

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  4. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (2000). Report of the National Reading Panel. Teaching Children to Read: An Evidence-Based Assessment of the Scientific Research Literature on Reading and Its Implications for Reading Instruction. Available online: http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/nrp/smallbook.htm.

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Other Works Consulted

  • Kelly DP (2004). Specific reading disability (Dyslexia) section of Neurodevelopmental dysfunction in the school-aged child. In RE Behrman et al., eds., Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, 17th ed., chap. 29, pp. 110–112. Philadelphia: Saunders.

  • Shaywitz SE, Shaywitz BA (2003). Dyslexia (specific reading disability). Pediatrics in Review, 24(5): 147–152.


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