Early predictors of reading success in first grade.

Reading acquisition is a complex process that can be predicted by several components which, in turn, can be affected by the orthography depth. This study aims to explore the early predictors of (un)success in reading acquisition within an intermediate transparent orthography. At the beginning of the school year, 119 European Portuguese-speaking first graders were assessed regarding (i) sociodemographic variables: mothers' education and socioeconomic status (SES); (ii) cognitive variables: phonological working memory and vocabulary; (iii) reading-related variables: letter-sound knowledge, phonemic awareness, and rapid naming.

Promoting Foundation Reading Skills With At-Risk Students.

This paper presents an early reading intervention program, the PPCL (-Promoting Reading Skills Program). PPCL focuses on the promotion of reading foundation abilities-letter-sound, phonemic awareness, decoding, and spelling-with at-risk first graders. This study assessed the impact of PPCL on the reading foundation abilities with 311 first graders (173 boys and 138 girls), divided between intervention and comparative group (respectively, 206 and 105 first graders).

Methodology for creating and validating object naming and semantic tests used by Verst-Maldaun Language Assessment during awake craniotomies.

Verst-Maldaun Language Assessment (VMLA) is a new intraoperative neuropsychological test (NT) within our local culture, e.g., native Portuguese speaking Brazilians.

Is Redshirting Beneficial for Reading Acquisition Success?

The controversy around the effect of academic redshirting on reading acquisition continues receiving attention in the international literature. However, few studies are known with non-English speaking children. In this study we intend to understand this phenomenon with 698 Portuguese speaking first graders, 360 girls (51.

Monopolar 250-500 Hz language mapping: Results of 41 patients.

Objectives: To determine whether high-frequency 250-500 Hz monopolar stimulation is effective for mapping cortical and subcortical language structures during brain tumor resection.

Methods: Using high-frequency monopolar stimulation, we mapped the speech areas of 41 awake patients undergoing brain tumor resection in the dominant hemisphere, subject to risk of lesions in the cortical and subcortical speech tracts. Patients were tested for object naming, semantic and other language tasks.