Mhdieh Keshmirshekan; Salar Faramarzi; ahmad abedi
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The aim of this study was to improve the neuropsychological skills of students with impaired written expression using the Phelps sentence guide program .The Quasi-experimental research method was pre-test and post-test with the control group. For this purpose, according to the criteria for entering the ...
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The aim of this study was to improve the neuropsychological skills of students with impaired written expression using the Phelps sentence guide program .The Quasi-experimental research method was pre-test and post-test with the control group. For this purpose, according to the criteria for entering the research, using a multi-stage sampling method, among the students with expressive writing disorder in the fifth grade of the elementary school in Yazd, 30 people were selected for writing and randomly assigned to two groups of control and experiment. The experimental group received 13 sessions of 60-minute training sessions on the Phelps program. The instruments used were the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (Fifth Edition) and the Connors Parent Form Questionnaire. The data were analyzed by covariance analysis. Analysis of the data showed that there was no significant difference between the performance of the experimental and control groups in neuropsychological skills except language skills (P> 0.001) while there was a significant difference in language skills (P< 0.001).The results showed that the Phelps sentence instruction program is not effective on the neuropsychological skills of students with learning disabilities in written expression in the areas of attention, memory, sensory-motor functions and executive functions other than language .This method can be used as an intervention and educational method to improve language skills that are a prerequisite for writing.
Alireza Mohseni-ezhiyeh; Salar Farmarzi; mohammad hosseinali zade
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Aim: hearing cochlear implants bring about a positive outcomes for deaf children, but the experience of primary deafness imposes various constraints, one of which is the working memory problem. The present study aimed at developing a neuropsychological empowerment program for students with cochlear implants(NEPSCI) ...
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Aim: hearing cochlear implants bring about a positive outcomes for deaf children, but the experience of primary deafness imposes various constraints, one of which is the working memory problem. The present study aimed at developing a neuropsychological empowerment program for students with cochlear implants(NEPSCI) and its effectiveness on the working memory problems of deaf students with cochlear implants. Method: The present study employed an A-B single-subject research design. The statistical population consisted of students cochlear implants in Isfahan City in the academic year of 2017-2018. 3 students were selected from the population via the purposive sampling method. The research instruments were of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-IV(WISC-IV) and the Working Memory Rating Scale(WMRS). Accordingly, subjects were observed for 5 consecutive weeks(in baseline state), then the intervention was conducted in eight weeks. After that, during three weeks, variation consistency in the follow-up phase was observed. Data were analyzed through visual analysis. Findings:. During the visual analysis of the data chart, intervention was effective on all three subjects. The percentage of non-overlapping data(PND) in both baseline and intervention phases for all three subjects was 87.5%, 75%, and 100%, respectively. This effectiveness in follow-up phase was still observable. Conclusion: According to the results, it can be inferred that the NEPSCI is a suitable method for reducing the problems of working memory in students with cochlear implants and can be employed in educational and treatment centers.
Najmeh Dehghan; Salar Farmarzi; Mohammad-Ali Nadi; Mozhgan Arefi
Volume 3, Issue 9 , September 2017, , Pages 67-86
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Introduction: Cognitive Neurosciences and reading have close relationship with each other. Neuropsychological skills are prerequisite for reading. Looking at the dyslexia neurological challenges and benefits of and neuropsychological and cognitive function of play was the general objective of the study ...
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Introduction: Cognitive Neurosciences and reading have close relationship with each other. Neuropsychological skills are prerequisite for reading. Looking at the dyslexia neurological challenges and benefits of and neuropsychological and cognitive function of play was the general objective of the study that examined the effectiveness of educational package of cognitive plays on neuropsychological skills of dyslexic students. Methods: The study design was quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test and follow-up period (two months after the implementation of the post-test) in which 30 dyslexia male students were selected as sample of study using non-random sampling, and they were assigned randomly into experimental and control groups. Experimental group was educated using researcher-made tool in 1.5-hour sessions over three months.For data collection, the fourth edition of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for children, dyslexia test and neuropsychological tests of Connors were used. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (analysis of variance with repeated measures). Findings: Data analysis showed that educational package of cognitive plays are effective in improving neuropsychological performance of dyslexic students (pConclusion: educational package of cognitive plays can be an effective therapeutic approach to improve the neuropsychological skills of dyslexic students.
