Did You Know: Academic Outcomes

Did you Know?

In this next post in our series, we are sharing the findings of our Academic Outcomes paper co-authored with our amazing collaborators.

Duff DM, Hendricks AE, Fitton L, Adlof SM. Reading and Math Achievement in Children With Dyslexia, Developmental Language Disorder, or Typical Development: Achievement Gaps Persist From Second Through Fourth Grades. J Learn Disabil. 2023 Sep-Oct;56(5):371-391.

"Prior to this study, however, there has been no data published that speaks to the question of whether such children [children

who meet criteria for DLD or dyslexia but do not receive

formal academic or clinical supports] experience

functional difficulties in academic contexts. Moreover, dyslexia and DLD frequently co-occur, but neither studies on functional outcomes nor studies reporting under-identification for each disorder have considered separate versus co-occurring dyslexia and DLD. The results of this study are generalizable to just such children, namely those who meet research criteria for dyslexia-only, DLD-only, or both disorders, yet do not seem to have been identified by schools or clinicians as needing support."

Follow link to this open-access article:

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00222194221105515#sec-2