The effectiveness of neuropsychological methods on increasing the comprehension of students with developmental dyslexia

The goal of this study was to determine the effectiveness of HSS (Direct stimulation of the hemisphere) and HAS (Indirect stimulation of the hemisphere) neuropsychological methods on increasing the reading perception of students of elementary schools in Karaj. For this regard, 12 students who had received a diagnosis of dyslexia disorder based on clinical interview, an intelligence test and a reading passages and comprehension, received individually neuropsychological task in 30 sessions. Reading passages and comprehension form were used for the evaluation of students in pre and posttest.Follow up tests were administered after a period of one month.Data were analyzed using eye analysis of diagram and percent recover.Results showed that students performed in the posttest better than the pretest in bothReading passages and comprehension.The application of these treatment methods caused lasting effects after one month of treatment in children. The obtained findings emphasized the importance of using neuropsychological tasks so that using HSS+HAS method can increase comprehension in children with dyslexia disorder.