Performance of children at risk for reading difficulties submitted to an intervention program

Silva, Nathane Sanches Marques; Crenitte, Patrícia Abreu Pinheiro

doi:10.1590/2317-1782/20162015274

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Original Articles • CoDAS 28 (05) • Sep-Oct 2016 • https://doi.org/10.1590/2317-1782/20162015274 copy

Performance of children at risk for reading difficulties submitted to an intervention program

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ABSTRACT

Purpose

To assess the applicability of an intervention program to children at risk for reading disabilities.

Methods

This experimental study compared 10 children at risk for reading difficulty submitted to a phonological decoding intervention program (study group) with 10 other children at risk for reading difficulty not submitted to the program (control group). The intervention program was based on two international studies. It comprised 24 sessions: the first 12 sessions were conducted with groups of two to three children, whereas the others were performed individually. The sessions lasted 50 minutes and were held twice a week. Statistical analysis was conducted using the Student’s t-test and the Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test.

Results

Children at risk for reading difficulties submitted to the phonological decoding intervention program showed statistically significant improvement at post-assessment in the performance of the following skills: letter naming; phoneme-grapheme relationship; phonological awareness; phonological working memory for non-words; phonological working memory for digits in direct order; alphabet recognition in sequence; writing under dictation of words and pseudowords; reading of words and pseudowords.

Conclusion

The phonological decoding intervention program showed applicability to improve the prerequisite skills of reading and writing of children at risk for reading disabilities.

Keywords:
Preschooler; Child; Reading; Learning Disorders; Early Intervention

Variable	Group	Assessment time	Mean	Standard deviation	*p value*
Analysis	SG	Pre	11.90	3.21	0.0003 ^* * Significant values (p<0.05) – Student’s t-test and Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test
		Post	15.10	1.73
Analysis	CG	Pre	9.10	5.40	0.4016
		Post	10.00	5.96
Addition	SG	Pre	4.50	1.27	0.0002 ^* * Significant values (p<0.05) – Student’s t-test and Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test
		Post	6.40	1.26
Addition	CG	Pre	4.20	0.79	1.0000
		Post	4.20	0.63
Segmentation	SG	Pre	6.60	2.59	0.0086 ^* * Significant values (p<0.05) – Student’s t-test and Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test
		Post	9.00	1.79
Segmentation	CG	Pre	7.00	1.94	0.7803
		Post	6.90	1.97
Subtraction	SG	Pre	2.70	2.16	0.0031 ^* * Significant values (p<0.05) – Student’s t-test and Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test
		Post	5.10	1.91
Subtraction	CG	Pre	2.60	2.22	0.8321
		Post	2.70	2.06
Substitution	SG	Pre	1.30	0.95	0.0085 ^* * Significant values (p<0.05) – Student’s t-test and Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test
		Post	2.30	0.82
Substitution	CG	Pre	1.30	1.25	0.7577
		Post	1.20	1.03
Rhyme reception	SG	Pre	5.40	1.90	0.1381
		Post	6.40	2.63
Rhyme reception	CG	Pre	5.20	1.93	0.4226
		Post	5.80	2.20
Sequential rhyme	SG	Pre	5.20	1.03	0.2788
		Post	4.60	1.35
Sequential rhyme	CG	Pre	4.60	1.35	0.1039
		Post	3.80	1.47
Syllabic reversal	SG	Pre	1.00	0.94	0.0223 ^* * Significant values (p<0.05) – Student’s t-test and Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test
		Post	1.80	1.13
Syllabic reversal	CG	Pre	0.50	0.53	0.1773
		Post	1.00	0.82
Articulation image	SG	Pre	6.00	2.11	0.0293 ^* * Significant values (p<0.05) – Student’s t-test and Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test
		Post	7.80	0.63
Articulation image	CG	Pre	6.60	2.12	0.2012
		Post	5.80	2.20
TOTAL	SG	Pre	43.80	9.70	0.0000 ^* * Significant values (p<0.05) – Student’s t-test and Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test
		Post	58.50	8.66
TOTAL	CG	Pre	41.10	11.81	0.8828
		Post	41.40	13.26

Variable	Group	Assessment time	Mean	Standard deviation	*p value*
NW 2	SG	Pre	18.90	2.18	0.1088 ^* * Significant values (p<0.05) – Student’s t-test and Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test
		Post	19.90	2.12
NW 2	CG	Pre	19.00	1.33	0.3938
		Post	18.70	1.16
NW 3	SG	Pre	19.20	1.32	0.3452
		Post	18.40	2.12
NW 3	CG	Pre	16.90	2.47	0.8321
		Post	17.10	2.28
NW 4	SG	Pre	14.20	4.47	0.5910
		Post	14.00	3.53
NW 4	CG	Pre	11.10	5.55	0.7077
		Post	10.80	5.39
NW 5	SG	Pre	6.90	6.30	0.0839
		Post	11.00	6.62
NW 5	CG	Pre	8.30	5.87	0.0367 ^* * Significant values (p<0.05) – Student’s t-test and Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test
		Post	9.50	6.19
TOTAL NW	SG	Pre	56.90	11.93	0.0151 ^* * Significant values (p<0.05) – Student’s t-test and Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test
		Post	64.20	11.06
TOTAL NW	CG	Pre	55.30	12.57	0.4664
		Post	56.10	12.05
DD	SG	Pre	13.70	3.09	0.0414 ^* * Significant values (p<0.05) – Student’s t-test and Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test
		Post	14.60	3.24
DD	CG	Pre	13.90	5.13	0.0528
		Post	15.50	3.66
DI	SG	Pre	5.70	2.26	0.4620
		Post	6.10	1.85
DI	CG	Pre	5.40	3.06	0.7698
		Post	5.60	2.76
TOTAL D	SG	Pre	19.40	5.10	0.0962
		Post	20.70	4.47
TOTAL D	CG	Pre	19.30	7.26	0.1404
		Post	21.10	6.00

Variable	Group	Assessment time	Mean	Standard deviation	*p value*
WA	SG	Pre	18.20	7.77	0.0158 ^* * Significant values (p<0.05) – Student’s t-test and Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test
		Post	20.40	6.28
WA	CG	Pre	19.60	7.34	0.8438
		Post	19.80	6.94
WW	SG	Pre	5.70	5.79	0.0058 ^* * Significant values (p<0.05) – Student’s t-test and Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test
		Post	12.00	7.89
WW	CG	Pre	7.80	6.94	0.1824
		Post	9.40	7.70
WNW	SG	Pre	0.90	0.99	0.0039 ^* * Significant values (p<0.05) – Student’s t-test and Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test
		Post	3.00	2.16
WNW	CG	Pre	3.20	4.54	0.2471
		Post	4.00	3.80
TOTAL W	SG	Pre	6.60	6.57	0.0034 ^* * Significant values (p<0.05) – Student’s t-test and Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test
		Post	15.00	9.96
TOTAL W	CG	Pre	7.00	6.68	0.0616
		Post	10.00	10.26
RW	SG	Pre	24.20	21.25	0.0019 ^* * Significant values (p<0.05) – Student’s t-test and Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test
		Post	47.00	26.73
RW	CG	Pre	29.40	25.43	0.0565
		Post	32.50	25.69
RNW	SG	Pre	3.90	3.38	0.0057 ^* * Significant values (p<0.05) – Student’s t-test and Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test
		Post	7.00	3.85
RNW	CG	Pre	3.90	3.45	0.5910
		Post	3.60	3.24

Variable	Group	Assessment time	Mean	Standard deviation	*p value*
NUL	SG	Pre	5.90	6.40	0.0044 ^* * Significant values (p<0.05) – Student’s t-test and Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test
		Post	1.40	3.10
NUL	CG	Pre	3.50	4.20	0.8226
		Post	3.40	3.84
NLL	SG	Pre	9.30	6.40	0.0005 ^* * Significant values (p<0.05) – Student’s t-test and Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test
		Post	1.60	3.72
NLL	CG	Pre	7.40	5.72	0.1401
		Post	6.10	5.88
PLS	SG	Pre	21.50	3.57	0.0000 ^* * Significant values (p<0.05) – Student’s t-test and Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test
		Post	2.10	3.18
PLS	CG	Pre	21.40	7.92	0.3452
		Post	21.90	7.28

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