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The home literacy environment in families with a history of reading difficulties

Hamilton, Lorna G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0526-8252, Esmaeeli, Sara and Hayiou-Thomas, Marianna E. (2025) The home literacy environment in families with a history of reading difficulties. In: Georgiou, George and Inoue, Tomohiro, (eds.) Home literacy environment and literacy acquisition: Evidence from different languages and contexts. Springer Nature (In Press)

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Abstract

In this chapter, we consider the role of the home literacy environment (HLE) in the development of children at elevated risk of reading difficulties through a familial history of dyslexia. Characterized by difficulties in word-level literacy and underpinned by differences in phonological processing, dyslexia is both highly heritable and aetiologically complex. We first consider patterns of gene-environment interplay in reading development within a ‘multiple deficit’ framework. We review findings from prospective, longitudinal studies of dyslexia from various countries in relation to the HLE, before outlining findings from two studies in detail: The Wellcome Language and Reading Project in the UK, and the On Track study in Norway. There is growing evidence that a rich HLE can be protective in the reading trajectories of children at familial risk of dyslexia; and conversely, impoverished early literacy experiences combine with other risk factors to inhibit literacy trajectories. We consider the implications of this research base for the conceptualization of HLE and intervention design.

Item Type: Book Section
Status: In Press
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology > BF712-724.85 Developmental psychology
School/Department: School of Education, Language and Psychology
URI: https://ray.yorksj.ac.uk/id/eprint/11461

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