Reading and spelling disorders in a school-based population screening in Sicily (Italy).
dyslexia
prevalence
reading
screening
spelling disorder
Journal
Dyslexia (Chichester, England)
ISSN: 1099-0909
Titre abrégé: Dyslexia
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9511375
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Nov 2021
Nov 2021
Historique:
revised:
19
05
2021
received:
12
10
2020
accepted:
17
08
2021
pubmed:
8
9
2021
medline:
10
11
2021
entrez:
7
9
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
This research was carried out according to the Italian Consensus Conference on Specific Learning Disability guidelines for screening initiatives. It describes a three-year screening project involving 2.469 students, aged 8-15 years, from various classes of primary, lower and upper secondary schools of Sicily. Students were assessed for reading and spelling skills. Overall, 4.9% met the risk criteria for suspected reading disorder, 6.1% for spelling disorder, while 8.5% for both conditions. Results showed that out of 932 pupils in the primary school, 4.6% met the risk criteria for reading disorder and 6.5% for spelling disorder; out of 855 pupils of the lower secondary school, 5.3% for reading disorder and 5.5% for spelling disorder; out of 652 pupils of the upper secondary school, 4.9% for reading disorder and 6.1% for spelling disorder. No significant difference in the prevalence of students at risk of reading disorder or spelling disorder, within the three grade-levels over 3 years, was found. At project conclusion further clinical investigation to verify the screening results on student sub-sample (57%) was carried out. The percentage of students with SLD was equal to 3.15%, in the primary school, 3.76% in the lower secondary school and 2.51%, in the upper secondary school.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
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© 2021 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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