Role of cognitive retraining in improving memory skills of children with learning disabilities

Pages: 992-995
Abraham Bose and Masroor Jahan (Department of Clinical Psychology, RINPAS, Ranchi, Jharkhand

The study was done to assess the effect of cognitive retraining on memory skills in children with learning disabilities. An attempt has been made to evaluate the effect of cognitive retraining on visual memory skills, verbal learning and memory. Samples of ten participants between the age group of 8 to 13 years with specific developmental disorders of scholastic skills as per ICD10 DCR were selected using purposive sampling method. Tools used for this study were socio-demographic data sheet, teachers and parents report, Malin’s Intelligence scale for Indian children, NIMHAN’S Index for specific learning disability, Benton Visual retention test and Rey’s Auditory Verbal Learning test. Cognitive retraining tasks were given on attention, memory and visuospatial skills for almost 25-30 sessions within school setting and also combined homework exercises with the aid from parents and teachers. Thereafter comparative pre-post treatment scores were analyzed. The results indicated that cognitive retraining helped to improve visual memory, immediate recall, delayed verbal recall and total learning.