Remediating Letter Reversals: Cost Considerations

Abstract

This article addresses the question of costs associated with the remediation of learning disabilities. It is argued that whenever such practical considerations as teacher-or student-time prevail, the question of whether or not the training procedure is economical should be addressed. To accomplish such a cost analysis, the design must specify a meaningful scale along which costs may be gauged. The argument is illustrated with an experiment that utilized a fading technique to teach preschool children to correctly label p' s and q' s.