Genetic and environmental risk factors for developmental dyslexia in children: systematic review of the last decade

Becker, Natália; Vasconcelos, Mailton; Oliveira, Vanessa Farias; Santos, Fernanda Caroline dos; Bizarro, Lisiane; Almeida, Rosa M. M. de; Salles, Jerusa Fumagalli de; Carvalho, Maria Raquel

doi:10.1080/87565641.2017.1374960

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“…The cognitive deficits may in turn be caused by factors at the biological level, which may for example include genetic factors [13,27], or brain structure and function [28][29][30]. Finally, the environmental level continuously influences and modifies the other three levels and comprises conditions such as the educational level of parents and other socio-economic factors [31,32], or school practices and learning environment [33]. This model is a helpful aid in understanding the landscape that is language, reading, and writing aptitude.…”

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Disorders of Language and Literacy in the Prison Population: A Scoping Review

2021

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Language and literacy skills are essential for education, school achievements, work and social conditions. Some studies indicate an elevated incidence of problems with language and literacy in the prison population, potentially contributing to increased risks of maladjustment and recidivism. In general, the bulk of research on language and literacy has been directed towards children and adolescents. This study aimed to map the extent of the literature on language and literacy disorders in the adult prison population over the past 20 years, and what it reveals about the prevalence and nature of these disorders in prisoners. In total, 18 studies were identified. Of these, the majority (15) investigated literacy. The three studies investigating language all reported an elevated prevalence in the population. The literacy studies were altogether less clear, due to differences in theoretical approach and methods. In terms of the nature of the disorders, many studies assessed the behavioral level only. Results are discussed in terms of theoretical approaches, as well as recommendations for research, assessment, and intervention.

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Disorders of Language and Literacy in the Prison Population: A Scoping Review

2021

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“…According to the definition by the International Dyslexia Association (IDA), dyslexia is marked by impairment in accurate and/or fluent word recognition, spelling and decoding abilities. Even though children with DD have no difference in education and sociocultural resources than typically developed children, their reading abilities are below the levels expected for their current ages ( Becker et al, 2017 ). The consequence is that children with DD will have problems in reading comprehension and social skills that may be adverse to their academic achievements and incomes in adulthood ( McLaughlin et al, 2014 ; Ghisi et al, 2016 ).…”

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Validity and Reliability of the Dyslexia Checklist for Chinese Children

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The study on developmental dyslexia (DD) has fairly matured in the past decades, even when there is a lack of a standardized and convenient instrument for dyslexia in the Chinese population. The purpose of this study was to assess the reliability and validity of the Dyslexia Checklist for Chinese Children (DCCC), which was administered to Chinese students in primary school. A total of 545 students from grades 2 through 6 were recruited in Wuhan to participate in this study. We used confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to evaluate the structure validity of the DCCC. Concurrent validity was determined via correlations between the DCCC and the verbal comprehension index (VCI), and Chinese achievement. The reliability of the DCCC was assessed via test-retest reliability and internal consistency. The CFA suggested that the first order model with eight factors and 55 items fit the data well (RMSEA = 0.057, CFI = 0.930, and TLI = 0.925). The DCCC was negatively associated with VCI (r = −0.218) and Chinese achievement (r = −0.372). The test-retest reliability of the DCCC was 0.734, and the internal consistency of all subscales was above 0.752. The DCCC thus proved to have adequate validity and reliability to screen Chinese dyslexia among students in grades 2 through 6.

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“…As such, under-resourced schools (or countries) often are unable to provide reading interventions for their students. The significance of this dilemma is compounded when considering that children of lower socioeconomic status, and children with other serious comorbid behavioral health conditions, may have more severe or complex reading disability profiles [71][72][73]. Thus, the children most in need are the least likely to have access to evidence-based treatment.…”

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Remote Digital Psychiatry: MindLogger for Mobile Mental Health Assessment and Therapy

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BackgroundUniversal access to assessment and treatment of mental health and learning disorders remains a significant and unmet need. There is a vast number of people without access to care because of economic, geographic, and cultural barriers as well as limited availability of clinical experts who could help advance our understanding of mental health.ObjectiveTo create an open, configurable software platform to build clinical measures, mobile assessments, tasks, and interventions without programming expertise. Specifically, our primary requirements include: an administrator interface for creating and scheduling recurring and customized questionnaires where end users receive and respond to scheduled notifications via an iOS or Android app on a mobile device. Such a platform would help relieve overwhelmed health systems, and empower remote and disadvantaged subgroups in need of accurate and effective information, assessment, and care. This platform has potential to advance scientific research by supporting the collection of data with instruments tailored to specific scientific questions from large, distributed, and diverse populations.MethodsWe conducted a search for tools that satisfy the above requirements. We designed and developed a new software platform called “MindLogger” that exceeds the above requirements. To demonstrate the tool’s configurability, we built multiple “applets” (collections of activities) within the MindLogger mobile application and deployed several, including a comprehensive set of assessments underway in a large-scale, longitudinal, mental health study.ResultsOf the hundreds of products we researched, we found 10 that met our primary requirements above with 4 that support end-to-end encryption, 2 that enable restricted access to individual users’ data, 1 that provides open source software, and none that satisfy all three. We compared features related to information presentation and data capture capabilities, privacy and security, and access to the product, code, and data. We successfully built MindLogger mobile and web applications, as well as web browser-based tools for building and editing new applets and for administering them to end users. MindLogger has end-to-end encryption, enables restricted access, is open source, and supports a variety of data collection features. One applet is currently collecting data from children and adolescents in our mental health study, and other applets are in different stages of testing and deployment for use in clinical and research settings.ConclusionsWe have demonstrated the flexibility and applicability of the MindLogger platform through its deployment in a large-scale, longitudinal, mobile mental health study, and by building a variety of other mental health-related applets. With this release, we encourage a broad range of users to apply the MindLogger platform to create and test applets to advance health care and scientific research. We hope that increasing availability of applets designed to assess and administer interventions will facilitate access to health care in the general population.

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Genetic and environmental risk factors for developmental dyslexia in children: systematic review of the last decade

Cited by 52 publications

References 106 publications

Disorders of Language and Literacy in the Prison Population: A Scoping Review

Disorders of Language and Literacy in the Prison Population: A Scoping Review

Validity and Reliability of the Dyslexia Checklist for Chinese Children

Remote Digital Psychiatry: MindLogger for Mobile Mental Health Assessment and Therapy

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