The effectiveness of the Wilson Reading Program in improving spelling and decoding skills of a selected sample of special needs children

<p>The Wilson Reading Program was designed by Barbara Wilson and published in 1988 for the first time. It was originally designed for students diagnosed with dyslexia, but its focus has been expanded to include struggling readers and spellers who are below their classmates. Wilson is based on the Orton-Gillingham multisensory principle. It is well organized and systematic.</p> <p>The Wilson Reading Program was administered to a small group of two students, aged nine to eleven who receive all their academic instruction in a self-contained special education classroom. These students have similar intelligence levels, and a similar degree of difficulty with reading and spelling. Three other students in the self-contained classroom served as a control group.</p> <p>Pretests and posttests were administered to all five students in order to determine their levels of decoding and encoding prior to administration of the Wilson Program. The two students in the study group increased their decoding and encoding significantly; while the control group improved only to a level that would be consistent with their instruction in a self-contained classroom.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A. in Learning Disabilities

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Interdisciplinary and Inclusive Education

Year dc:date.available

2005

Author dc:creator

• Rosica, Helen E.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Urban, Stanley

• Learning disabled children--Education; Reading (Elementary); Spelling ability
• Disability and Equity in Education

Repository record dc:identifier

https://rdw.rowan.edu/etd/1070

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:rdw.rowan.edu:etd-2070