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Archive: Brain and Learning

Many of our articles dated 2000 and earlier can now be found in this archive.

Children with Reading Disability
By: Robert Bock (1998)

NICHD research on children with learning disabilities has shown that deficiencies in processing letter-sounds are at the heart of most reading problems. This article illustrates how letter-sound processing works, and describes strategies for teaching children this skill.

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