Assessment and Treatment of Dyslexia - An Overview

• Authors: Evelin Witruk
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This article will overview the current state-of-the-art of the different methods of assessment and treatment of dyslexia. On the basis of the modification and extension of the multilevel model of Valtin (1989, modified by Witruk, 1993) the methods were discussed regarding their main aims. Assessment and treatment methods were described regarding the primary causes (biological risk factors), secondary causes (partial performance deficits), primary symptoms (reading and writing failures) and regarding the secondary symptoms (emotional and behavioural disorders). Alternative methods are discussed.

Keywords

EN

Multilevel model of dyslexia; magnocellular deficit; partial performance deficit; working memory; complex training programme; alternative methods; Positive Psychology

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Ad verba liberorum
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 3
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 4-18

Dates

published

2011-12-01

online

2012-08-21

Contributors

author

Evelin Witruk

• Institute of Psychology, University of Leipzig

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10196-011-0022-1