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Differential diagnosis of dysgraphia, dyslexia, and OWL LD: behavioral and neuroimaging evidence

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Berninger, Virginia W., Richards, Todd L., Abbott, Robert D.·2015·Reading and Writing

Abstract

In Study 1, children in grades 4 to 9 (N= 88, 29 females and 59 males) with persisting reading and/or writing disabilities, despite considerable prior specialized instruction in and out of school, were given an evidence-based comprehensive assessment battery at the university while parents completed questionnaires regarding past and current history of language learning and other difficulties. Profiles (patterns) of normed measures for different levels of oral and written language used to categorize participants into diagnostic groups for dysgraphia (impaired subword handwriting) (n=26), dyslexia (impaired word spelling and reading) (n=38), or oral and written language learning disability OWL LD (impaired oral and written syntax comprehension and expression) (n=13) or control oral and written language learners (OWLs) without SLDs (n=11) were consistent withreported history. Impairments in working memory components supporting language learning were also examined. In Study 2, right handed children from Study 1 who did not wear braces (controls, n=9, dysgraphia, n= 14; dyslexia, n=17, OWL LD, n=5) completed an fMRI functional connectivity brain imaging study in which they performed a word-specific spelling judgment task, which is related to both word reading and spelling, and may be impaired in dysgraphia, dyslexia, and OWL LD for different reasons. fMRI functional connectivity from 4 seed points in brain locations involved in written word processing to other brain regions also differentiated dysgraphia, dyslexia, and OWL LD; both specific regions to which connected and overall number of functional connections differed. Thus, results provide converging neurological and behavioral evidence, for dysgraphia, dyslexia, and OWL LD being different, diagnosable specific learning disabilities (SLDs) for persisting written language problems during middle childhood and early adolescence. Translation of the research findings into practice at policy and administrative levels and at local school levels is discussed.

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    Consensus has not been reached within or across countries on definitions of specific learning disabilities in general or of those affecting written language acquisition.

    “Consensus has not been reached within and across countries for definitions of specific learning disabilities (SLDs) in general or those affecting written language acquisition in particular.”
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    The widely used approaches to defining SLDs, discrepancy and response to intervention, have not resolved the definitional issues.

    “The widely used approaches to defining SLDs—either discrepancy between the full scale score on a cognitive test and an achievement test or response to intervention (RTI)—have not resolved the definitional issues.”
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    Researchers have not identified a specific discrepancy size that is diagnostic by itself without additional evidence about which achievement skills are impaired.

    “researchers have not identified a specific size of discrepancy that alone is diagnostic in and of itself without additional evidence about which achievement skills are impaired.”
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    Parent-reported history of learning difficulties accurately reflects the child's actual past and current struggles.

    “All had reported history of past and current struggle with the relevant language skills for the assigned diagnostic group.”
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    The 77 students with diagnosed SLDs in Study 1 are representative of students with persisting SLDs in middle childhood and early adolescence.

    “Of the 77 students in the sample with diagnosed SLDs, 65 showed evidence of impaired orthographic loop.”
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    More functional connections consume more limited brain resources, so fewer connections are more efficient.

    “If more functional connections consume more limited resources, fewer connections may be more efficient in use of limited resources for fueling the brain’s work during written word learning.”
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Authors
Berninger, V. W., Richards, T. L., & Abbott, R. D.
Affiliations
University of Washington (US)
Corresponding author
Berninger, Virginia W.
Venue
Reading and Writing
Published
2015-04-21
Volume
28
Issue
8
Pages
1119-1153
ISSN
  • 0922-4777 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-0905
OpenAlex
W1997335834
Cited by
176
References
112
Citations by year
2026: 78 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 14 · 2016: 11
FWCI
29.38
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Reading and Writing (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (P50HD071764, U54HD083091)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Reading and Literacy Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology
  • Social Sciences › Education › Writing and Handwriting Education
Keywords
dysgraphia, dyslexia, specific learning disabilities, differential diagnosis, functional connectivity, working memory, written language processing, middle childhood, early adolescence

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