This 5 page paper presents a literature review that may be used in conjunction with the paper entitled Letter Reversal in Children with Severe Learning Disabilities. This review of literature may also be used independently in exploring learning disabilities, dyslexia and letter reversal. Definitions, diagnostic considerations, and methodology utilized in such incidences are addressed as is the use of upper and lower case letters in teaching reading and writing. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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one should visit a variety of related research. Birsh (1999) provides a compilation of data from a variety of sources in order to give the educator unique and extraordinary teaching
choices. With multisensory teaching techniques, problems associated with severe learning disabilities are addressed. Dyslexia is the focus of this book that begins with an overview of the problem, along with
the latest research on the disorder. The book proceeds to provide a wealth of useful techniques in the education of children with dyslexia; the author takes a unique, multisensory approach.
Blachman (1997) also provides a compilation of data that highlights significant contributors. In the book entitled Foundations of Reading Acquisition and Dyslexia there are very good sections on subtypes of
dyslexia, some of which pay attention to letter reversals. The work also addresses treatment options and for example, provides a section on the prevention and remediation of phonologically-based reading disabilities.
Both books on the subject of dyslexia provide necessary background information for the study of letter reversal problems in children and may be used in a variety of ways.
Some published reports, articles and studies provide more precise data on this perplexing topic. For example, Upbin (1995) reports that dyslexia is the genetic inability to connect phonemes with written
symbols. A subspecies of dyslexia however embraces a simpler type of visual error where letters or digits are reversed and for example, one might see "74" but write the
number as "47" instead (1995). Letter reversal however is far less common than phoneme confusion but when letter reversal does exist it is generally combined with phoneme confusion (1995).
Although conventional treatment today is to view dyslexia as a learning disability, remedies to emanated since the 1960s sometimes involve eye patching, vitamin therapy and chiropractic (1995). In 1988,
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