Headsprout® Early Reading for children with severe intellectual disabilities: a single blind randomised controlled trial
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Yn: Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, Cyfrol 21, Rhif 4, 10.2021, t. 334-344.
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T1 - Headsprout® Early Reading for children with severe intellectual disabilities: a single blind randomised controlled trial
AU - Grindle, Corinna
AU - Murray, Clodagh
AU - Hastings, Richard
AU - Bailey, Tom
AU - Forster, Helen
AU - Taj, Sabia
AU - Paris, Andreas
AU - Lovell, Michael
AU - Jackson Brown, Freddy
AU - Hughes, Carl
PY - 2021/10
Y1 - 2021/10
N2 - Research evaluating phonics reading programs for children with severe intellectual disabilities (ID) is limited. The current study investigated whether using an online reading program (Headsprout® Early Reading; HER) as supplementary reading instruction for children with a severe ID leads to improvements in reading skills as compared to children not receiving this additional instruction. Fifty-five children from a special school were randomly allocated into the HER group or a waiting list control group. For six months, children in the intervention group received HER as supplementary instruction, whereas children in the control group received only ‘reading as usual’ teaching. Pre- and post-intervention tests on standardised reading measures were conducted. Analysis of data from outcome measures indicated that the HER group made improvements at post-intervention in comparison with the control group, with medium effect sizes on two domains from the main outcome measure. These results support the case for a larger research trial of HER for children with severe ID.
AB - Research evaluating phonics reading programs for children with severe intellectual disabilities (ID) is limited. The current study investigated whether using an online reading program (Headsprout® Early Reading; HER) as supplementary reading instruction for children with a severe ID leads to improvements in reading skills as compared to children not receiving this additional instruction. Fifty-five children from a special school were randomly allocated into the HER group or a waiting list control group. For six months, children in the intervention group received HER as supplementary instruction, whereas children in the control group received only ‘reading as usual’ teaching. Pre- and post-intervention tests on standardised reading measures were conducted. Analysis of data from outcome measures indicated that the HER group made improvements at post-intervention in comparison with the control group, with medium effect sizes on two domains from the main outcome measure. These results support the case for a larger research trial of HER for children with severe ID.
U2 - 10.1111/1471-3802.12531
DO - 10.1111/1471-3802.12531
M3 - Article
VL - 21
SP - 334
EP - 344
JO - Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs
JF - Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs
SN - 1471-3802
IS - 4
ER -