Mental Health in School

Mental Health in School

Treatment of dictation learning disorders with the help of group rehabilitation

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Maryam Moghadasi 1
Hosein sheybani 2
1 Master's student, Faculty of Psychology, Payam Noor University, Semnan, Iran
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
10.22034/jmhs.2024.451519.1023
Abstract
Recently, the issue of special learning disorders has been significantly noticed by experts and educational practitioners. One of the main problems faced by teachers in the classroom is the presence of students who do not have mental retardation or physical problems, but have a disorder or delay in the development of one or more basic processes, including speaking, reading, writing, arithmetic, etc.It causes weakness in social and emotional behaviors and as a result serious problems in their learning and academic activities. This article aims to determine the effect of group rehabilitation based on sensory integration on dictation problems of students with learning disabilities. The research method is semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group and follow-up after one month.The sample included 30 students in two experimental and control groups. To collect data, from the Wechsler test to diagnose learning disorders, from the dictation sample and the frequency of dictation mistakes and teacher-made checklists to diagnose dictation disorders, from the sensory-motor integration questionnaire (Lincoln-Ozertsky) and the Serand test to detect sensory-motor integration problems used. Group exercises of sensory integration such as spatial visual perception, strengthening of fine and coarse skills, orientation, etc. caused the dictation weakness of students with learning disabilities to be removed, which made the results of the pre-test and post-test comparison meaningful. The findings of the research show that group rehabilitation based on sensory integration is effective on the dictation problems of this group of students and it is recommended for students to use this method.
Keywords
: Specific learning disorders
Wechsler test
group rehabilitation
dictation
sensory-motor integration

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