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Effectiveness of Cognitive Rehabilitation Training on Speed of Information Processing Response Inhibition, Attention and Perceptual Reasoning in Students with Dyscalculia
RONAK DERILI *
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Objectives: Based on research, children with learning disorders have problems in information processing speed, response inhibition, attention and perception, and auditory and visual clarity. Therefore, the aim of the study was to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive rehabilitation on processing speed, response inhibition, attention, and perceptual reasoning in students with math learning disorders.
Methods: The research method was semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population included all third-grade students with math problems in Tehran city in 2017 who had been referred to Roozbeh Counseling and Rehabilitation Clinic for treatment and met the inclusion criteria. Among these people, according to the requirements of DSM-5 for diagnosing math disorders thirty students were selected using purposive sampling methods. The samples were assigned in two experimental groups (15 people) and controls (15 people). The subjects of the experimental group underwent a cognitive rehabilitation program in 20 sessions. To collect data, Grant and Beck's Wisconsin test (1948), Wechsler's intelligence test (2003), fourth edition, Zarold's continuous performance test (1956), and Toulouse-Piron's attention test (1986) were used. The data were analyzed by multivariate analysis of variance and SPSS-22 software.
Results: The research results showed that cognitive rehabilitation strategies are effective in information processing speed, response inhibition, attention, and perceptual reasoning of children with a math learning disorder (P<0.001). In addition, the results showed that according to the obtained Eta coefficient (η2 =0.92), the training of cognitive rehabilitation strategies had the greatest effect on perceptual reasoning (P<0.001).
Discussion: Based on the obtained results, cognitive rehabilitation is an effective approach to improve the skills of information processing speed, response inhibition, attention, and perceptual reasoning in students with special mathematical learning disorders.
 
Keywords: Cognitive Rehabilitation Training, Speed of Information Processing, Response Inhibition, Attention, Perceptual Reasoning, Students with Dyscalculia
     
Article type: Original Research Articles | Subject: Rehabilitation Management
Received: 2023/05/28 | Accepted: 2023/09/5
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