Emergent Neuroimaging Findings for Written Expression in Children: A Scoping Review.

Background: There is currently a dearth of research on the neural framework of writing tasks in children, as measured by neuroimaging techniques.

Objective: This paper provides an overview of the current literature examining the neurological underpinnings of written expression in children.

Design: Using a scoping review approach, with thorough searches of key databases, this paper presents the available literature comprising 13 different studies using both structural and functional neuroimaging techniques with the 0-18 English speaking population.

A written language intervention for at-risk second grade students: a randomized controlled trial of the process assessment of the learner lesson plans in a tier 2 response-to-intervention (RtI) model.

In a randomized controlled trial, 205 students were followed from grades 1 to 3 with a focus on changes in their writing trajectories following an evidence-based intervention during the spring of second grade. Students were identified as being at-risk (n=138), and then randomized into treatment (n=68) versus business-as-usual conditions (n=70). A typical group also was included (n=67).