Effectiveness of Cognitive Rehabilitation Training on Information Processing and Academic Performance of Dyslexic Students in Elementary Schools

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of cognitive rehabilitation on information processing and academic performance of dyslexic students. This research was a quasi-experimental clinical trial with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The research population consisted of all dyslexic students referring to the Omid Educational and Rehabilitation Center, Arak in 2017. Methods: The available sampling method was done and all students at the center participated in the research, of whom 30 students were selected and randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups. The research tools were Pham and Taylor educational performance test and Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test (PASAT). The experimental group received 12 sessions of cognitive rehabilitation. The results were analyzed using the Multivariate Analysis of Covariance (MANCOVA). Results: The results of MANCOVA showed that cognitive rehabilitation was effective in dyslexic students’ data processing (P≤0.05), but it had no significant effect on their academic performance (P≥0.05). Conclusion: Considering the cognitive rehabilitation problems of these children can be effective in expediting their learning.

Cognitive Rehabilitation Training in Improving Executive Function, Antisocial Behaviors, and Legal Problems in Children With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

“…The results of the posttest phase revealed that there is a significant difference between the experimental and control groups in executive functions (inhibition, attention transfer, emotional control, initiation, working memory, planning, material organization, and control) and impulsivity (cognitiveinattention problems, hyperactivity, opposition, and ADHD (P≤0.001). These findings are in line with those of earlier studies in this sector [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19].…”

“…Rahmani et al [10] discovered that computer-based cognitive rehabilitation improves executive function. Aivazy et al [11] found that cognitive rehabilitation training enhanced executive functions of response inhibition in children with ADHD.…”

“…Several types of research have shown their effects on children with ADHD [9]. Rahmani et al [10] discovered that computer-assisted cognitive rehabilitation training enhances the executive and impulsive skills of children with ADHD. Rehabilitation training, in other studies, has also been demonstrated to increase executive skills such as working memory, attention span, cognitive flexibility, and impulsivity [11], processing speed and working memory capacity, impulsivity, and executive function [12], working memory speed [13], attention, concentration, control, memory, and impulsivity [14], response inhibition variables, continuous attention, focused attention, and selective attention [15], impulsivity, working memory [16], attention and behavioral problems [17], working memory and impulsive behavior reduction [18], and memory, attention, control, and inhibition functions [19].…”