Remediation of Fluency: Word Specific or Generalised Training Effects?

Remediation of fluency: Word specific or generalised training effects?

The present study examines whether reading fluency benefits more from repeated reading of a limited set of words or from practicing reading with many different words. A group of 37 reading delayed Dutch children repeatedly read the same 20 words with limited exposure duration, whereas another group of 37 poor readers received the same reading exercises with 400 different words. Results demonstr...

Remediation Efforts for Hyperactivity: Training in Attention or Inhibitory Control

Identification and remediation of pediatric fluency and voice disorders.

Early identification of pediatric disfluency and voice disorders is advisable because these disorders may progress to lifelong communicative impairments if left untreated. Especially with disfluency or stuttering, it is critical that an informed differential diagnosis be made to determine whether a speech pattern represents normal disfluency or actual stuttering. Voice disorders can be overlook...

Monitoring Early Reading Development in First Grade: Word Identification Fluency Versus Nonsense Word Fluency

This study contrasts the validity of 2 early reading curriculum-based measurement (CBM) measures: word identification fluency and nonsense word fluency. At-risk children (n = 151) were assessed (a) on criterion reading measures in the fall and spring of first grade and (b) on the 2 CBM measures each week for 7 weeks and twice weekly for an additional 13 weeks. Concurrent and predictive validity...

Fluency remediation in dyslexic children: does age make a difference?

This study tested the hypothesis whether older dyslexic children may obtain fewer gains on fluency and accuracy with respect to their younger peers after specific remediation.Changes in accuracy and fluency of a group of children with a diagnosis of dyslexia attending third and fourth grades were compared with those obtained by a group of children attending the sixth, seventh or eighth grade in...