Grindle, Corinna F., Murray, Clodagh, Hastings, Richard P., Bailey, Tom, Forster, Helen, Taj, Sabia, Paris, Andreas, Lovell, Michael, Jackson Brown, Freddy and Hughes, J. Carl (2021) Headsprout Early Reading for children with severe intellectual disabilities : a single blind randomised controlled trial. Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 21 (4). pp. 334-344. doi:10.1111/1471-3802.12531 ISSN 1471-3802.

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Research evaluating phonics reading programs for children with severe intellectual disabilities (ID) is limited. The current study investigated whether using an online reading program (Headsprout® Early Reading; HER) as supplementary reading instruction for children with a severe ID leads to improvements in reading skills as compared to children not receiving this additional instruction. Fifty-five children from a special school were randomly allocated into the HER group or a waiting list control group. For six months, children in the intervention group received HER as supplementary instruction, whereas children in the control group received only ‘reading as usual’ teaching. Pre- and post-intervention tests on standardised reading measures were conducted. Analysis of data from outcome measures indicated that the HER group made improvements at post-intervention in comparison with the control group, with medium effect sizes on two domains from the main outcome measure. These results support the case for a larger research trial of HER for children with severe ID.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1501 Primary Education
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research (CEDAR)
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Reading (Primary), Reading -- Remedial teaching, Children with disabilities -- Education -- Reading, Teachers of children with disabilities -- Attitudes, Special education teachers -- Attitudes, Learning disabled children -- Education -- Reading, Developmental disabilities, Education -- Computer-assisted instruction
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
ISSN:	1471-3802
Official Date:	24 October 2021
Dates:	Date Event 24 October 2021 Published 13 July 2021 Available 6 June 2021 Accepted 21 March 2021 Submitted
Volume:	21
Number:	4
Page Range:	pp. 334-344
DOI:	10.1111/1471-3802.12531
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access (Creative Commons)
Date of first compliant deposit:	10 August 2022
Date of first compliant Open Access:	24 August 2022

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