Effectiveness of the PASS reading enhancement program (PREP) on reducing reading problems of students with special learning disabilities.

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Tehran University

2 University of Tehran

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of PASS Reading Enhancement Program (PREP) on reading problems in children with special learning disabilities. The research method of this research is interventional and quasi-experimental with pre-test-post-test design with control group. The statistical population included children aged 7 to 9 years in the second grade of elementary school in Lahijan in the academic year 1399-00 who had a history of referral to learning disability centers in Rasht (43 people). From the mentioned community, 30 people were tested and placed in two groups of 15 people by available means and then randomly as a sample. Both groups were assessed using N-Back Dual software, Digit span and researcher-made reading test. In 12 sessions of 45 minutes the experimental group also received and completed 12 booklets containing PREP program as an educational intervention. Finally the data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) and SPSS software. Findings showed that the implementation of this program, while facilitating successive processing and simultaneous processing also reduced the reading problems of students. As a result PASS Reading Enhancement Program (PREP) can be offered to teachers and therapists to help students and children with reading difficulties.

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Educational and Scholastic studies

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 11 April 2024

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