Journal article
Psychological Behaviorism's Reading Therapy Program: Parents as Reading Therapists for Their Children's Reading Disability
Journal of learning disabilities, Vol.31(3), pp.278-285
05/1998
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/114063
PMID: 9599960
Abstract
The study presents data on the effectiveness of a parent-administered behavioral reading therapy program. Ten parents administered the therapy program to their second- to fourth-grade children with reading disability. All 10 children received 70 therapy sessions (30 minutes per session), with 5 of the 10 children receiving approximately 51 additional sessions, for a total of 121 sessions. Parents were able to administer the program effectively, and the children participated in an enthusiastic manner. Detailed records from the therapy sessions showed a high degree of mastery of the reading materials, and the children also showed significant and clinically meaningful improvements on standardized reading measures. Although the results must be viewed cautiously given the absence of a control group, the potential of the parent-administered reading therapy program for the remediation of reading disability seems good.
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- Title
- Psychological Behaviorism's Reading Therapy Program
- Creators
- G. Leonard Burns - G. Leonard Burns, PhD, is an associate professor of psychology and director of clinical training at Washington State University. His current interests including reading disabilities, attention-deficit and disruptive behavior disorders, and psychological behaviorism. Address: G. Leonard Burns, Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Johnson Tower 233, Pullman, WA 99164 4820Patricia Ann Kondrick - Patricia Ann Kondrick, PhD, is a neuropsychologist at the Gundersen Clinic in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Her current interests are in clinical neuropsychology
- Publication Details
- Journal of learning disabilities, Vol.31(3), pp.278-285
- Academic Unit
- Psychology, Department of
- Identifiers
- 99900548071801842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article