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In this systematic narrative review, we synthesised the small existing body of research on children who are gifted and dyslexic (G‐D) in order to investigate the claim that G‐D students have a unique profile, characterised by well‐masked word‐level reading and spelling difficulties. Our focus was on both the cognitive and academic profiles of this subgroup of twice‐exceptional (2e) children and the...
The Rose Report (Rose, Independent review of the primary curriculum (England); 2009) outlined a set of recommendations for the management of dyslexia in the United Kingdom after a range of issues were found. Despite these recommendations, recent reports indicate that issues are still prevalent in the diagnosis process and support offered for dyslexic children. The Delphi method was employed to gain...
Difficulty learning to read presents many struggles for children and their families, and evaluation of parental perspectives of the dyslexia assessment process within the United States represents an under‐researched area. This study sought to investigate how parental perspectives change during their child's dyslexia assessment. Six hundred one parents of children experiencing reading difficulties...
When dyslexia is diagnosed late, the question is whether this is due to late‐emerging (LE) or late‐identified (LI) problems. In a random selection of dyslexia‐diagnosis case files we distinguished early‐diagnosed (Grade 1–3, n = 116) and late‐diagnosed (Grade 4–6) dyslexia. The late‐diagnosed files were divided into LE (n = 54) and LI dyslexia (n = 45). The LE group consisted of children whose national‐curriculum...
The inclusion of children with special educational needs into mainstream schools needs effort and cooperation by all those involved. Both educators and medical professions need to be skilled in identifying and supporting neurodiversity. This study explores the cross‐professional understanding and support of four of the most prevalent neurodiversities: autism spectrum condition, attention deficit hyperactivity...