Evaluation of Effectiveness of Lindamood Phonological Sequence Program on Reading Performance of Students with Dyslexia

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Exceptional Children, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

2 Department of special education, Faculty of education and psychology, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

Abstract

The aim of the current research was Evaluation of effectiveness of Lindamood phonological sequence program on reading performance (fluency and comprehension) of students with dyslexia. The method of research was experimental. In order to conduct this research, 30 students with reading disorders in the academic year 2021-2022 from the Center for Learning Disabilities in Larestan were selected by convenience sampling method and randomly divided into experimental and control groups. Then, reading and dyslexia test (Noori and Moradi, 2005) was performed as a pre-test for both groups. Lindamood phonological sequence program was also presented to the experimental group for 16 sessions of intensive intervention. Immediately after the training, both groups participated in the post-test and after one month in the follow-up training. Data was analyzed by Multivariate analysis of variance with repeated measures. The results showed that there was a significant difference in reading performance between the two groups, so that the experimental group performed better in post-test and follow-up. Overall, the results indicate that the Lindamood phonological sequence program has improved reading performance (fluency and comprehension) in students with dyslexia.

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