University of Washington Reading & Dyslexia Research Program

University of Washington44 enrolled

Overview

Subjects are recruited for a pre-kindergarten education program focusing on early literacy skills. Primary outcomes are improvement in letter knowledge and changes in brain response to text.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Reading Disability

Interventions

preKBEHAVIORAL

Subjects enter and education program that either focuses on learning letters and their corresponding sounds or on language comprehension skills.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 60 MonthsMax age: 72 Months

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: Typically developing children enrolled before kindergarten. * Typically developing child between 60 and 72 months of age * Has not yet begun Kindergarten Exclusion Criteria: * Reported neurological or psychiatric condition. * Claustrophobia. ADHD

Locations (1)

University of Washignton

Seattle, Washington, United States

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Letter Knowledge

Knowledge of letter names and sounds. This is computed as percent correct (out of 52). Each child is shown a flash card with each upper case letter and asked to name it and say its sound

Time frame: Within 2 weeks post intervention

Central Contacts

Patrick Donnelly

CONTACT

206-685-9365 pdonne@uw.edu

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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