Investigating the effectiveness of using compensatory strategies based on cognitive processing of dyslexics on text comprehension, reading accuracy and speed in persian-speaking children

Dyslexia is an unpredictable neurological problem. One of the language components for dyslexics is the use of compensatory strategies. Although the use of phonological methods to improve reading is very common among Persian language researchers, compensatory strategies in the Persian language have not received much attention. Therefore, examining and applying these language strategies in the Persian language is one of the necessities of designing improvement methods for dyslexics, which few studies have addressed.

The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of using cognitive compensatory strategies based on special processing of dyslexia on text comprehension, reading accuracy, and speed in Persian-speaking children.

The method of the present research is a pre-test-post-test type experiment. The statistical population was all the second-grade students of the dyslexic primary school in Semnan, from which a sample was selected using a random cluster method. A total of 31 people were selected for the sample. The research tools were the Frostig Visual Perception Test (Frostig, 1996), Shirazi and Nilipour's reading test (2010), and the researcher's test. The provided training protocol was (Clark Wellion, 2011). For data analysis, a covariance analysis test was used in spss software.

Examining the covariance of visual perception levels (high-medium) on the post-test scores of the group trained in the compensatory method shows that the effect of visual perception is effective in reducing reading errors and also the length of reading time according to a significance level lower than 0.05.

According to the findings of this research, it can be concluded that the use of compensatory and phonological methods together can help to improve the accuracy, speed, and comprehension of dyslexic texts; Therefore, to improve reading components in dyslexics, different cognitive abilities and compensatory strategies used in them should be known and used.