Review of ınterventions for executive functions of students with specific learning disabilities

Year 2021, Volume: 8 Issue: 3, 642 - 662, 30.12.2021

Özge Balıkçı , Bora Görgün

https://doi.org/10.30900/kafkasegt.959163

Cited By: 1

Abstract

Students with specific learning disabilities experienced different problems in reading, writing and math. Students with specific learning disabilities mostly have problems in the field of reading and most of the students are diagnosed because of the difficulties they experience in reading. The problems that student with specific learning disabilities have problems in academic fields may be resulted from their difficulties in executive functions. However, the insufficiencies of students in executive functions effect their school success. Various interventions are applied to the areas where students with specific learning disabilities have problems. In this study the studies consisting of the interventions for students with specific learning disabilities are examined. The examination is conducted by using the key words "executive functions", "executive function interventions", "specific learning disabilities", "working memory", "attention" in this study aiming at investigation of the researches about the interventions for abilities related with executive functions in EbscoHost, ProQuest Central, Springer LINK, SAGE, ScienceDirect, SCOPUS and ULAKBIM National Databases in the 2000-2021. In this context 13 studies meeting the inclusion criteria are reached. It is informed about the participants, methods and results of the studies about the interventions applied for supporting the executive function skills of students with specific learning disabilities. As a result of the study it demonstrated that the executive function interventions develop the attention, working memory and academic skills of students with specific learning disabilities. In addition, there is a need for growing of literature of specific learning disabilities, for evaluation and improvement for executive functions of students with specific learning disabilities

Keywords

specific learning disabililties, executive functions, academic skills, language.

Özel öğrenme güçlüğü olan öğrencilerin yürütücü işlevlerine yönelik uygulanan müdahalelerin incelenmesi

Abstract

Özel öğrenme güçlüğü olan öğrenciler okuma, yazma ve matematikte farklı sorunlarla karşılaşmaktadır. Özel öğrenme güçlüğü olan öğrenciler en çok okuma alanında sorun yaşamakta ve öğrencilerin büyük bir kısmı okumada yaşadıkları güçlükler nedeniyle tanı almaktadır. Özel öğrenme güçlüğü olan öğrencilerin yaşadıkları akademik güçlükler yürütücü işlevlerdeki sorunlarından kaynaklanabilmektedir. Bununla birlikte öğrencilerin yürütücü işlevlerdeki yetersizlikleri okul başarılarını olumsuz olarak etkilemektedir. Özel öğrenme güçlüğü olan öğrencilerin sorun yaşadıkları alanlara yönelik çeşitli müdahaleler uygulanmaktadır. Bu çalışmada 2000-2021 tarihleri arasında özel öğrenme güçlüğü olan öğrencilerin yürütücü işlev becerilerini geliştirmeye yönelik uygulanan müdahaleleri içeren çalışmalar incelenmiştir. Özel öğrenme güçlüğü olan öğrencilerin yürütücü işlev becerilerine yönelik müdahaleleri konu alan çalışmaların gözden geçirilmesinin hedeflendiği bu çalışmada EbscoHost, ProQuest Central, Springer LINK, SAGE, ScienceDirect, SCOPUS ve ULAKBİM Ulusal Veritabanları’nda “yürütücü işlevler”, "yürütücü işlev müdahaleleri", "özel öğrenme güçlüğü",”executive functions”, “executive functions interventions”, “specific learning disabilities”, “working memory”, “attention” anahtar sözcükleri kullanılarak tarama yapılmıştır. Bu kapsamda dahil etme ölçütlerini karşılayan 13 makaleye ulaşılmıştır. Araştırmanın bulgular bölümünde özel öğrenme güçlüğü olan öğrencilerin yürütücü işlev becerilerini geliştirmeye yönelik uygulanan müdahaleler ile ilgili çalışmaların katılımcıları, yöntemleri ve sonuçları konusunda bilgi verilmektedir. Sonuç olarak araştırmaya dahil edilen yürütücü işlev müdahalelerinin özel öğrenme güçlüğü olan öğrencilerin dikkat, çalışan bellek ve akademik becerilerini olumlu olarak etkilediği görülmektedir. Ek olarak, Türkiye’de özel öğrenme güçlüğü ile ilgili literatürün gelişmesi, öğrencilerin yürütücü işlev becerilerinin değerlendirilmesi ve geliştirilmesi için daha fazla bilimsel çalışma ihtiyacı bulunmaktadır.

Keywords

Özel öğrenme güçlüğü, yürütücü işlevler, akademik beceriler, dil

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