The effectiveness of Neuropsychological Practical exercises on Improving executive functions and attention span in Students with Dyslexia

Aim one type of learning disorder is Dyslexia which refers to the defect in the acquisition of a person's reading skills. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of Neuropsychological Practical exercises on Improving executive functions and attention span in Students with Dyslexia.

this semi experimental study carried out with pre-test post-test design with control group. Accordingly, using the purposive sampling method, from among dyslexic students of the fourth grade primary schools in Isfahan in 2019-2020, 30 students were selected regarding assigned inclusion criteria and then, and they were assigned randomly into experimental (15participants) and control(15 participants) groups. For data collection, the fourth edition of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for children (WISC-IV), Neurological questionnaire of Coolidge and Test of Attention & Concentration were used. Data were analyzed using MANCONA and using SPSS software version 23. Data analysis showed that Neuropsychological Practical exercises is effective in improving executive functions and attention span of dyslexic students (p < 0.01).

Neuropsychological Practical exercises can be an effective therapeutic approach to improve the executive functions and attention span of dyslexic students.