Author : Andrea Michelle Regina
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780494273388
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (733 download)
Book Synopsis The Effects of Remedial Reading Intervention on the Self-perceptions of Struggling Adolescent and Young Adult Readers from the Ontario Child Welfare System by : Andrea Michelle Regina
Download or read book The Effects of Remedial Reading Intervention on the Self-perceptions of Struggling Adolescent and Young Adult Readers from the Ontario Child Welfare System written by Andrea Michelle Regina and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this mixed-method study was to examine and better understand the impact of participating in a 7-week intensive, phonologically-based remedial reading program on the self-perceptions of maltreated adolescent and young adult struggling readers from the Ontario Child-Welfare system. Eleven maltreated youth with reading difficulties aged 15 to 23 years were extensively interviewed both prior to and following intervention about their reading and skill-related self-perceptions. Their responses were analyzed thematically using grounded theory methodology. Independent and paired-samples t tests were also conducted to measure the impact of intervention on the self-perceptions and reading achievement of these youth and to evaluate whether these variables significantly differed from a group of maltreated youth without reading difficulties (n = 11). Results converged to provide empirical support for the benefits of reading intervention on the self-perceptions and reading achievement of maltreated struggling readers. Implications, limitations and directions for future research are discussed.