The Effects of a Multisensory Method Combined with Relaxation Techniques on Writing Skills and Homework Anxiety in Students with Dysgraphia
Year: 2014
Type: article
Study design: Clinical Trial
Abstract: The academic problems and repeated failures of students with learning disabilities (LD) make them more proneto anxiety disorders. This article presents the results of an intervention program (VAKT and relaxation), addressing learning difficulties and homework anxiety in students with dysgraphia in Iran. Two groups of second through fourth graders, each consisting of three students with a prior diagnosis of dysgraphia, participated in this study. One student from each grade was randomly assigned to the experimental and control group. A Homework Anxiety Test and nine sets of spelling tests (separate forms for each grade with the same difficulty level) were used as the pretest, posttest and follow-up test. The results show that the experimental group benefited from the use of the combined method, with a significant decrease in writing mistakes and anxiety level. The joint effect of the program looks promising in promoting learning and reducing the anxiety problems in students with LD.
Authors: Mahnaz Akhavan Tafti, Elahe Abdolrahmani
Institution: Alzahra University
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W20045822