Patterns of Performance on the British Ability Scales for a Group of Children With Severe Reading Difficulties

S ummary . Patterns of subtest performance on the British Ability Scales (Elliott et al. , 1979) for a group of 24 children attending a reading disability clinic were analysed in the light of the report by Thomson (1982). The present findings generally support those of the earlier study, and add further credence to the more general attempts of diagnosticians to understand the multi‐faceted nature of reading problems

Credence · Developmental psychology · Linguistics · Reading (process) · Statistics · Educational and Psychological Assessments · Family and Disability Support Research · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development