Effectiveness of a Parent-administered Reading Therapy Program During Summer Break for Dyslexic Children — REEDVAC  

Dyslexia Clinical Trial

Official title: Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing the Effect of a Parent-guided Speech and Language Therapy Program During the Summer Holidays With an Adapted Holiday Book on the Reading Level of Children With Visual-attentional Dyslexia

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

"After summer break, the reading performance of dyslexic children declines more than those of non-dyslexic children. Indeed, during the summer, dyslexic children are less inclined to read and their consultations with speech therapist are usually suspended.

Intensive speech therapy programs proved to be efficient during the summer, to maintain reading level of dyslexic children. However these programs are expensive and not easy to generalise. Some other studies tested reading therapy programs applied by parents at home. It proved to be effective and feasible.

Thus, the hypothesis of the present study is: a parent-administered reading therapy program during the summer break could stabilise the reading performance of dyslexic children after the summer. On the contrary the investigators assume the control group reading performance would decrease."

Clinical Trial Description

"Dyslexia is a specific learning disability characterised by reading difficulties, not caused by developmental, neurological or sensory (vision or hearing) disorders.

After summer break, the reading performance of dyslexic children declines more than those of non-dyslexic children. Indeed, during the summer, dyslexic children are less inclined to read and their consultations with speech therapist are usually suspended.

Intensive reading therapy programs proved to be efficient during the summer, to maintain reading level of dyslexic children. However these programs are expensive and not easy to generalise. Some other studies tested reading therapy programs applied by parents at home. It proved to be effective and feasible.

Thus, the hypothesis of the present study is: a parent-administered reading therapy program during the summer break could stabilise the reading performance of dyslexic children (grade 3 to 5) after the summer. On the contrary the investigators assume the control group reading performance would decrease.

With a controlled randomised trial, the investigators will compare the reading performance of two groups of dyslexic children with the same type of dyslexia (with visual information treatment deficit). All of them are diagnosed by the Reference Centre for learning disabilities (CRTLA), a Robert Debré Hospital's Unit, Paris (France).

Intensity and duration : 6 weeks during the summer break. 15 minutes/day, 5 times per week.

Intervention group : Parent-administered reading therapy program. Control group : Dyslexic's Holiday Workbook (Hatier Editor). This study's main objective consists in evaluating the effectiveness in reading performance of a parent-administered reading training program during the summer break for dyslexic children.

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Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Dyslexia

• NCT number: NCT04384952
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: June 5, 2020
• Completion date: October 15, 2020