“The Home Literacy Environment as a Predictor of the Early Literacy Development of Children at Family-Risk of Dyslexia” – Dr Lorna Hamilton

The role of the HLE in the language and reading development of typically developing children has been well documented. The contribution of the current study is to show similar developmental relationships in an English-speaking sample of children at family-risk of dyslexia,

– Hamilton et al. (416)

This study investigates the Home Literacy Environment (HLE) as it relates to early literacy development of children in families with family-risk of dyslexia.

Several studies have demonstrated an association between the HLE and children’s phonological awareness, but whether this relationship is mediated by other skills is less clear.

– Hamilton et al.

The article can be downloaded here.