Cognitive Development in Atypical Children

1 Reading Disability: A Deficit in Rule Learning?.- Word Recognition in Good and Poor Readers.- Sources of Phonological Coding Difficulties: Learning the Spelling-to-Sound Rule System.- Rule Learning in Nonreading Tasks.- Conclusions.- References.- 2 Information-Processing Approaches to Reading Disability.- Perceptual Hearing Deficits.- Partial-Information Hypothesis.- Benefits of an Information-Processing Approach.- Some Cautions in Evaluating Reading-Deficit Hypotheses.- Accounting for Other Literature.- Size of Effects.- Conclusion.- References.- 3 Psycholinguistic Aspects of Reading Disabilities.- Definition of Reading Disability.- Linguistic Skills and Reading.- Conclusions.- References.- 4 Language Comprehension and Cognitive Disorder in Autism.- Studies of Comprehension in Persons with Autism.- Relationship Between Language Comprehension and Other Behaviors.- Theories of Cognitive Dysfunction in Autism.- Overview and Conclusions.- References.- 5 Cognitive Development in Autistic Children.- A Theoretical Framework for Autism.- Methodological Considerations.- Cognitive Development in Autistic Children.- Final Considerations.- References.- 6 Temperament and Attention as Components of a Transactional Approach to Development: Implications for Research and Clinical Services for the Atypical Child.- Reductionism: Its Limitations as a Basis for Research and Clinical Approaches to the Atypical Child.- The Transactional Model.- Temperament and Attention: Neurobehavioral Modulators of Learning.- An Integrated Clinical Model of Learning and Behavior.- Summary and Implications.- References.- 7 Atypical Infant Development: Interacting Neurological and Environmental Factors.- Historical Foundation.- Neurological Integrity.- The Roles of Nature and Nurture.- Conclusion.- References.- Author Index.