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2928577

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-5-5
pubmed:abstractText
The present study assessed the efficacy of a program for teaching moderately mentally retarded children basic reading skills. Central to the program were the use of a phonemic alphabet as well as the application of pictorial cueing and stimulus manipulation techniques. The program consisted of six phases. It started with the training of graphemes for vowels (Phase 1) and ended with the training of two-syllable words (Phase 6). Four moderately mentally retarded students participated. Given time constraints, not all subjects completed all phases of the program. The training ended with the reading of one-syllable three letter words for one subject, one-syllable four letter words for two subjects, and two-syllable words for one subject. Subsequent generalization tests revealed that all subjects were capable of reading untrained words of the same complexity as those previously trained; and to read and, to a lesser extent, understand simple sentences. The execution of the program required an average training time of 35 hours per subject. Aspects pertaining to the validity of the program, the efficacy of the procedures, and the relevance of the learned skills are discussed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0891-4222
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1-18
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Teaching moderately mentally retarded children basic reading skills.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Developmental Psychology, University of Leiden, The Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't