Children with Reading Disability: A Remedial Manual on Metaphonological Skills (Kannada) (Rein-Kan)

Abstract

The present study aims to develop a Remedial Manual on Metaphonological Skills in Kannada for children with reading disability (ReM-Kan). The study also aims to determine the efficacy of the training manual when used by SLPs/school teachers/parents. Six Children studying in secondary grade (V grade) Kannada medium school diagnosed as reading disability with normal IQ and adequate language age were selected for the present study. The six children were divided into three groups (2 in each group). They were trained by two school teachers/two parents and a speech language pathologist. An intensive training program on metaphonological skills was carried out using (ReM - Kan) for a period of 30 days each of 30 minutes spread over a period of 3 months. The pre-training and post training scores metaphonological skills were compared. The results indicated no significant difference in the performance of all the six children trained by school teachers/parents/an SLP.