Design and validation of an educational package based on positive emotional stimuli for teaching students with dyslexia

The current research aims to develop and validate an educational package based on positive emotional stimuli for dyslexic students. For the validation of the package, 38 relevant experts were selected from university professors, child psychologists, learning disorders experts, and teachers, of whom 8 were In the field of educational psychology, 5 people in the field of psychology of exceptional children, 14 experts in other fields of psychology and children, and 11 people from teachers of educational and rehabilitation centers for unique learning problems were selected as samples, and members of the accreditation group, whose sampling method was available in the academic year 2022 –2023 were selected in the cities of Mashhad and Tehran. They were present in the evaluation process without a drop of subjects. 20 images and 24 words were selected from the appropriate sources and contents by a qualitative method and by reviewing related articles and contents. After removing inappropriate items in terms of ratio and validity index, the package of emotional stimuli was reduced to 11 images and 20 words. Finally, the ratio of CVR content validity and CVI content validity index, which were 0.29 and 0.7, respectively, indicated the acceptable validity of this package. As a result, according to the validity of the current educational package, its implications and practical capabilities can be well used to prepare content, educational tools, and media.