title: [The prerequisites for learning reading and writing. Cognitive screening in the nursery schools of the area of Vicenza ULSS 8 in the years 1983-1990 (N.>18,000)].
abstract: The author, after a short introduction concerning the importance of reading and writing in modern society, analyses the prerequisites necessary for their learning. Cognitive screening was carried out for 8 years (1983-1990) on the play school population of ULSS n. 8 in Vicenza, and the method used in over 18,000 cases is reported. The investigation protocol, expressly calibrated for this particular population, and the results obtained, are described. A long term follow-up was performed in order to verify the correspondence between the degree of impairment observed during screening and the positive performance at primary school level of the same subjects. Some final considerations are made concerning the effectiveness of different communication tests in predicting problems related to the learning of reading and writing.
authors.affiliation: Centro Audio Foniatrico, Amministrazione provinciale di Vicenza.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vivian
mesh_terms: D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003071:Cognition; D003151:Community Health Centers; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D009724:Nurseries, Infant; D011932:Reading; D012574:Schools; D014956:Writing