Journal article
Effectiveness of an Early Intervention Programme for Pre-School Children at Risk of Dyslexia in Singapore
Asia Pacific Journal of Developmental Differences, Vol.2(1), pp.27-37
31/01/2015
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Abstract
An investigation of the effectiveness of an early intervention programme for children at risk of dyslexia in Singapore was conducted with 56 children aged five to six years old identified to be at risk of dyslexia. After risk-identification, the children undertook a pre-test of literacy ability that measured alphabet knowledge, phonogram knowledge, sight word knowledge, reading ability, and spelling ability. The children then received intervention in the form of an early intervention programme at the Dyslexia Association of Singapore. After which, the children were post-tested for their literacy ability to measure literacy gains. The results showed that literacy scores at post-test were significantly higher than at pre-test and that overall literacy gain was significantly positively correlated with length of intervention. These results indicated that early intervention was effective and that the longer the intervention the greater the gain in literacy ability.
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- Title
- Effectiveness of an Early Intervention Programme for Pre-School Children at Risk of Dyslexia in Singapore
- Creators
- Thomas W. T. Sim - Dyslexia Association of SingaporeWong Kah Lai - Dyslexia Association of SingaporeNor Ashraf Bin Samsudin - Dyslexia Association of SingaporeTim Bunn - Dyslexia Association of Singapore
- Publication Details
- Asia Pacific Journal of Developmental Differences, Vol.2(1), pp.27-37
- Identifiers
- 991013234913702368
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article