Intensive Summer Intervention Drives Linear Growth of Reading Skill in Struggling Readers.

ABSTRACT: A major achievement of reading research has been the development of effective intervention programs for struggling readers. Most intervention studies employ a pre-post design, to examine efficacy, but this precludes the study of growth curves over the course of the intervention program. Determining the time-course of improvement is essential for cost-effective, evidence-based decisions on the optimal intervention dosage. The goal of this study was to analyze reading growth curves during an intensive summer intervention program. A cohort of 31 children (6-12 years) with reading difficulties (N = 21 with dyslexia diagnosis) were enrolled in 160 h of intervention occurring over 8 weeks of summer vacation. We collected behavioral measures over 4 sessions assessing decoding, oral reading

SUBMITTER: Donnelly PM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6716466 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature