Selected publications

Määttä, S., Laakso, M-L., Tolvanen, A., Ahonen, T., & Aro, T., (in press). Developmental trajectories of early communication skills. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research.

Kanto, L., Huttunen, K., & Laakso, M-L. (submitted). Relationship between linguistic environment of hearing children in Deaf-parented families and children’s early bilingual language development.

Lautamo, T., Laakso, M.-L., Aro, T., Ahonen, T. & Törmäkangas, K. 2011. Validity of the play assessment for group settings: An evaluation of differential item functioning between children with specific language impairment and typically developing peers. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 58 (4), 222-230. doi:10.1111/j.1440-1630.2011.00941.x

Aro, T., Poikkeus, A.-M., Eklund, K., Tolvanen, A., Laakso, M.-L. Viholainen, H., Lyytinen, H., Nurmi, J., Ahonen, T. 2009. Effects of multi-domain risk accumulation on cognitive, acdemic, and behavioral outcomes. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 38 (6), 883–898.

Torppa, M., Poikkeus, A-M., Laakso, M-L., Leskinen, E., Tolvanen, A., Leppänen, P.H.T., Puolakanaho, A., & Lyytinen, H. 2007. Modeling the early paths of phonological awareness and factors supporting its development in children with and without familial risk of dyslexia. Scientific Studies of Reading, 11, 73-103.

Torppa, M., Poikkeus, A-M, Laakso, M-L., Eklund, K., & Lyytinen, H. 2006. Predicting delayed letter name knowledge and its relation to grade 1 reading achievement in children with and without familial risk of dyslexia. Developmental Psychology, 42, 1128-1142.

Laakso, M-L., Poikkeus, A-M., Eklund, K., & Lyytinen, P. 2004. Interest in early shared reading: Its relation to later language and letter knowledge in children with and without a risk of reading difficulties. First Language, 24, 323-345.

Lyytinen, H., Ahonen, T., Eklund, K., Guttorm, T., Kulju, P., Laakso, M-L., Leiwo, M., Leppänen, P., Lyytinen, P., Poikkeus, A-M., Richardson, U., Torppa, M., & Viholainen, H. 2004. Early development of children at familial risk for dyslexia – Follow-up from birth to school age. Dyslexia, 10, 146-178.

Lyytinen, H., Eklund, K., Erskine, J., Guttorm, T., Laakso, M-L., Leppänen, P., Lyytinen, P., Poikkeus, A-M., & Torppa, M. 2004. Development of children at familial risk for dyslexia before school age Enfance: Special Issue of Approche Neuropsychologique de la Dyslexie Developmentale, 56, 289-309.

Lyytinen, H., Ahonen, T., Eklund, K., Guttorm, T.K., Laakso, M-L., Leinonen, S., Leppänen, P.H.T., Lyytinen, P., Poikkeus, A-M., & Puolakanaho, A. 2001. Developmental pathways of children with and without familial risk for dyslexia during the first years of life. Developmental Neuropsychology, 20 (2), 539-558.6.

Lyytinen, P., Poikkeus, A-M., & Laakso, M-L., Eklund, K., & Lyytinen, H. 2001. Language development and symbolic play in children with and without familial risk for dyslexia. Journal of  Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 44, 873-885.

Laakso, M-L., Poikkeus, A-M., & Lyytinen, P. 1999. Shared reading interaction in families with and without genetic risk for dyslexia: Implications for toddlers’ language development, Infant and Child Development, 8, 179-195.

Laakso, M-L., Poikkeus, A-M., Eklund, K., & Lyytinen, P. 1999. Social interactional behaviors and symbolic play as predictors of language development and their associations with maternal attention-directing strategies. Infant Behavior and Development, 22, 541-556.

Laakso, M-L., Poikkeus, A-M., Katajamäki, J., & Lyytinen, P. 1999. Early intentional communication as a predictor of language development in young toddlers. First Language, 19, 207-231.

Lyytinen, P., Laakso, M-L., Poikkeus, A-M., & Rita, N.  1999. The developmental and predictive relations of play and language across the second year. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 40, 177-186.

Lyytinen, P., Laakso, M-L., & Poikkeus, A-M. 1998. Parental contribution to child’s early language and interest in books. European Journal of Psychology of Education, XIII, 297-308.

Lyytinen, P., Poikkeus, A-M., & Laakso, M.-L 1997. Language and symbolic play in toddlers. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 21, 289-302.

Laakso, M-L. 1995. Mothers’ and fathers’ communicational clarity and teaching strategies with their school-aged children. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 16, 3, 445-461.

Lyytinen, P., Rasku-Puttonen, H., Ahonen, T., Poikkeus, A-M., & Laakso, M-L. 1995. Task-related variation in communication between boys with learning disabilities and their mothers. European Journal of Psychology of Education, X, 1, 1-12.

Lyytinen, P., Rasku-Puttonen, H., Poikkeus, A-M., Laakso, M-L., & Ahonen, T. 1994. Mother-child teaching strategies and learning disabilities. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 27, 186-192.

Rasku-Puttonen, H., Lyytinen, P., Poikkeus, A-M., Laakso, M-L., & Ahonen, T. 1994. Communication deviances and clarity among the mothers of normally achieving and learning disabled boys. Family Process, 33, 11-20.

Lautamo, T., Laakso, M-L., Aro, T., Ahonen, T., (manuscript). Pilot study for intra-rater reliability of the Play Assessment for Group Settings (PAGS).