Currently Funded Grant(s):
Investigating the Unexpected Nature of Specific Reading Comprehension Deficit
Grant Number: 1R03HD111714-01A1
Sponsor: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Study Duration: July 2024 – June 2026
The proposed project aims to further elucidate the extent to which cognitive-behavioral correlates of reading comprehension act as risk- (deficits) vs. protective factors (strengths) for the development of poor reading comprehension in the face of adequate decoding (i.e., specific reading comprehension deficit) across the full distribution of readers. Findings generated from this proposal have multiple implications for research, policy, and practice, including the ability to inform theoretical frameworks, hypotheses, and approaches aimed at understanding reading comprehension difficulties as well as develop more accurate identification methods, better prevention, and more efficacious intervention programs to effectively support children who struggle to comprehend text.
Advances in Classification and Identification for Specific Learning Disorders in Reading (Project 1 of the Learning Disabilities Translational Science Collective: Building on the Florida LDRC)
Grant Number: 2P50HD052120-16
Sponsor: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Study Duration: September 2023 – July 2028
Specific learning disorders (SLDs) in word-level reading and in reading comprehension are a public health concern given their prevalence and persistence. It is estimated that between 3% and 20% of children experience SLDs in word-level reading while 8% to 10% encounter SLDs in reading comprehension, which indicates that in the United States, nearly 5.5 million children and their families are potentially grappling with the challenges and negative consequences that accompany these conditions. The aims of the proposal are motivated by the critical and translational need to develop improved models of identification and classification that are better informed by the substantial research literature on SLDs.
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