ERIC Number: EJ767617
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Publication Date: 2007
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Improving Reading Outcomes for Children with Learning Disabilities: Using Brief Experimental Analysis to Develop Parent-Tutoring Interventions
Gortmaker, Valerie J.; Daly, Edward J., III; McCurdy, Merilee; Persampieri, Michael J.; Hergenrader, Melanie
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, v40 n2 p203-221 Sum 2007
The present study assessed the effects of summer parent tutoring on 3 children with learning disabilities using empirically derived reading interventions. Brief experimental analyses were used to identify customized reading fluency interventions. Parents were trained to use the intervention strategies with their children. Parents implemented the procedures during parent-tutoring sessions at home and results were measured continuously in high-word-overlap and low-word-overlap passages to determine whether generalization occurred. Parent and child satisfaction with the procedures was assessed. Results demonstrated generalized increases in reading fluency in both high-word-overlap and low-word-overlap passages as a function of parent tutoring. Also, acceptability ratings by children and their parents indicated that they viewed the interventions as acceptable and effective. Results are discussed in terms of structuring reading fluency interventions that promote generalization and maintenance of treatment effects. (Contains 5 figures.)
Descriptors: Parents as Teachers, Intervention, Tutoring, Reading Fluency, Learning Disabilities, Generalization, Reading Instruction, Reading Improvement, Parent Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Instructional Effectiveness
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