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Screening Before Struggle: What Kindergarten Profiles Predict
Ola Ozernov-Palchik, Elizabeth Norton, Maryanne Wolf, John Gabrieli, Nadine Gaab, et al.
Ozernov-Palchik, Norton, Wolf, Gabrieli, Gaab and colleagues in Developmental Science (2016): pre-reading skill profiles identified in kindergarten, including the double-deficit profile, stay stable over time. There is no scientific reason to wait for a child to fail before intervening.
Full citation in Maryanne Wolf’s published CV.
Related in the Nest: The double-deficit hypothesis · Wolf on screening (podcast)
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