In collaboration with Payame Noor University and Iran Educational Psychology Association

Document Type : Research

Authors

1 department of psychology, university of mohaghegha ardabili

2 department of psychology, faculty of educational sciences, university of mohaghegh ardabili

3 University of Mohaghegh Ardabili

4 Department of Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of executive functions-based rehabilitation program on cognitive deficits of children with dyslexia. This study was experimental with pre-test and post-test with control group. The statistical population of this study consisted of all students with dyslexia in the fourth and fifth grades of elementary school in Tehran in 1397-1398 academic year. The sample consisted of 40 dyslexic students who were selected by clustering sampling method and randomly assigned into two experimental (n=20) and control (n=20) groups. After conducting the revised effortful Control Scale as pretest on both groups, the executive functions-based rehabilitation program was applied to the experimental group in 12 sessions and each session for 60 minutes twice a week, but the control group received no intervention. Then, both groups responded to mentioned questionnaire as post-test. Data were analyzed using repeated measure ANCOVA. The results showed that there was a significant difference between the experimental and control group in cognitive deficits of distraction, poor concentration, poor attention shifting and impulsivity. These results indicate that executive functions-based rehabilitation program has improved the cognitive deficits in children with dyslexia, thus, this intervention can be a useful program for dyslexic children.

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