Abstract

ZUPPARDO, Linda; RODRIGUEZ FUENTES, Antonio  and  SERRANO, Francisca. Pilot Model of the Rehabilitating Treatment for Self-Esteem and Behavior in Adolescents with Dyslexia and Dysorthography by Improving their Literacy. Propós. represent. [online]. 2017, vol.5, n.2, pp.359-400. ISSN 2307-7999.  http://dx.doi.org/10.20511/pyr2017.v5n2.174.

Clinical and educational research has shown the emotional and motivational factors involved in leaming difficulties. The main objective ofthis research is to propase a way to assess the effects of a rehabilitating treatment for self-esteem and behavior through improving literacy in a group of patients diagnosed with dyslexia and dysorthography. Sixty students diagnosed with dyslexia will be given a test battery to assess the emotional and behavioral profile. Afterwards, they will be divided into a control group and experimental group, which will undergo a rehabilitating treatment to enhance reading and writing. In short, the results try to prove the hypothesis of research through an appropriate literacy treatment using appropriate instruments and programs. Patients with dyslexia can achieve greater self-esteem and not onlya developed communication-writing competency.

Keywords : Self-esteem; anxiety; dyslexia; dysorthography; rehabilitation.

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