Remediation of Reading Problems in Children

描述（由申请人提供）：PDI打算完成一个软件程序的临床验证和产品开发，MovingToRead (MTR)，通过练习10分钟的电脑游戏，该软件被发现可以显着提高阅读流畅性。实验设计将由3个大小相等的二年级组组成，每个组的儿童都有阅读困难，每个组的儿童根据年龄，性别，注意力，阅读和视觉技能困难进行匹配。二年级的学生将来自两个不同的学校，以增加统计分析的力量。这将是一项严格控制的研究，通过在练习方向辨别之前和之后进行适当的规范标准化阅读测试来评估阅读各方面的改善，包括未接受MTR治疗的对照组，并确定实施MTR治疗的最佳时间安排。这项研究将确定与对照组相比，干预是否对阅读分数和视觉技能有影响，以及一种时间安排是否比另一种时间安排更适合进行治疗。如果MTR疗法被证明能显著提高阅读流畅性，那么阅读问题就有可能不再是许多孩子的主要学习障碍。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): PDI intends to complete the clinical validation and product development for a software program, MovingToRead (MTR), which has been found to significantly improve reading fluency by practicing a 10-minute computer game. The experimental design will consist of 3 equal-sized groups in the second grade, all of whom have difficulty reading, where children in each group are matched for age, gender, attention, reading and visual skills difficulties. Second grade students will come from two different schools to increase the power of the statistical analyses. This will be a carefully controlled study where improvements in the different aspects of reading will be evaluated by administering appropriate normed standardized reading tests before and after practicing direction discrimination, a control group is included that does not receive the MTR therapy, and the best time schedule for administering the MTR therapy is determined. This study will determine whether the intervention has an effect on reading scores and visual skills when compared to controls, and whether one time schedule is better than another for administering the therapy. If the MTR therapy is shown to significantly improve reading fluency, then it's possible that reading problems will no longer be a major learning impediment for so many children. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS: The MovingToRead therapy will enable millions of children to learn to read quickly and easily by practicing left-right movement when playing a 10-minute computer game. Commercial venues include both private and public schools, learning and therapy centers, and individual homes.