Highlights in this issue

Abstract

Reading difficulties begin in the wombChildren born with foetal growth restrictions demonstrated significantly poorer performance in reading and spelling at nine years of age, compared with control children who were born appropriate for gestational age, according to a study by Partanen et al. (1). On the same topic, Yu and Garcy (2) report that individuals born small for gestational age had lower mean verbal, spatial and numerical test scores than those born appropriate or large for gestational age. In the accompanying editorial, Horowitz-Kraus provides us with an insight into new techniques that can help to distinguish between different causes of reading challenges, even before a child has failed to read at school (3).