Identification and Assessment of Children with Dyslexia in Allahabad City

Abstract

The survey method was adopted for the present study. The investigation was conducted in different schools of Allahabad district including five English medium schools and five Hindi medium schools with respect to the identification and assessment of children with reading related problems (dyslexia). The sample comprised of the teachers teaching English language to identify the children having reading related problems (dyslexia) from 2^nd to 8^th standards in English and Hindi medium schools. The following tools used for data analysis were general information Problem checklist- teacher report from A and B (Tripathi and Kar, 2008). Specific information NIMHANS index of learning disability (Kapur et al. 1991) Dyslexia was found higher in children of Hindi medium schools from 2^nd to 8^th standards, as compared to English medium schools from 2^nd to 8^th standards, as perceived by the teachers. NIMHANS index of specific learning disability test in words and comprehension reading were found in decreasing order in 2^nd to 8^th standard in English medium schools and 3^rd to 7^th standard in Hindi medium schools.. Total number of 59 Children in English Medium Schools and 42 Children in Hindi Medium Schools in words reading and comprehension reading in (NIMHANS) index of specific learning disability test were found having. reading related problems (dyslexia).