Improving Reading Skills Using a Computerized Phonological Training Program in Early Readers with Reading Difficulties
Por:
Forné S, López-Sala A, Mateu-Estivill R, Adan A, Caldú X, Rifà-Ros X and Serra-Grabulosa JM
Publicada:
1 sep 2022
Ahead of Print:
13 sep 2022
Resumen:
In the last years, there has been a big effort to identify risk factors for reading difficulties and to develop new methodologies to help struggling readers. It has been shown that early intervention is more successful than late intervention, and that intensive training programs can benefit children with reading difficulties. The aim of our study is to investigate the effectiveness of an intensive computerized phonological training program designed to improve reading performance in a sample of children with reading difficulties at the early stages of their reading learning process. Thirty-two children with reading difficulties were randomly assigned to one of the two intervention groups: RDIR (children with reading difficulties following a computerized intensive remediation strategy) (n = 20) (7.01 +/- 0.69 years), focused on training phonemic awareness, decoding and reading fluency through the computational training; and RDOR (children with reading difficulties following an ordinary remediation strategy) (n = 12) (6.92 +/- 0.82 years), which consisted of a reinforcement of reading with a traditional training approach at school. Normal readers (NR) were assigned to the control group (n = 24) (7.32 +/- 0.66 years). Our results indicate that both the RDIR and RDOR groups showed an increased reading performance after the intervention. However, children in the RDIR group showed a stronger benefit than the children in the RDOR group, whose improvement was weaker. The control group did not show significant changes in reading performance during the same period. In conclusion, results suggest that intensive early intervention based on phonics training is an effective strategy to remediate reading difficulties, and that it can be used at school as the first approach to tackle such difficulties.
Filiaciones:
Forné S:
Department of Psychiatry and Legal Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
López-Sala A:
Department of Neurology, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, 08950 Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain
Mateu-Estivill R:
Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, 08035 Barcelona, Spain
Adan A:
Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, 08035 Barcelona, Spain
Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, 08035 Barcelona, Spain
Caldú X:
Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, 08035 Barcelona, Spain
Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, 08035 Barcelona, Spain
Rifà-Ros X:
Department of Cognition, Development and Educational Psychology, University of Barcelona, 08035 Barcelona, Spain
Cognition and Brain Plasticity Unit, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute, 08908 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
Serra-Grabulosa JM:
Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, 08035 Barcelona, Spain
Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, 08035 Barcelona, Spain
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