Patterns of generalisation after treating sub-lexical spelling deficits in a child with mixed dysgraphia

Saskia Kohnen*, Lyndsey Nickels, Ruth Brunsdon, Max Coltheart

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Abstract

This paper presents a treatment study with a developmental dysgraphic girl, KM, and addresses the mechanisms by which orthographic learning of spelling rules might occur. Before treatment, KM's spelling of words and nonwords was impaired. Analyses of spelling errors indicated poor knowledge of sound-to-letter correspondences. Treatment focused on two spelling rules and was successful: spelling improved for both regular words and nonwords. Untrained words that included the training rules also improved, but later than nonwords and trained words. This delayed generalisation was explained through feedback mechanisms between orthographic lexicon and graphemic buffer.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)157-177
Number of pages21
JournalJournal of Research in Reading
Volume31
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Feb 2008

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