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REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON HIGHER EDUCATION-COMMUNITY-INDUSTRY ENGAGEMENT

REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON HIGHER EDUCATION-COMMUNITY-INDUSTRY ENGAGEMENT. 7-9 May 2012 puri Pujangga HOTEL, UKM, BANGI. Dyslexia Screening Test in Bahasa Malaysia Ketua Projek : Prof. Madya Dr. Sharanjeet Kaur. Dys. lexia. +. Difficulty. Word. Difficulties with words.

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REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON HIGHER EDUCATION-COMMUNITY-INDUSTRY ENGAGEMENT

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  1. REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON HIGHER EDUCATION-COMMUNITY-INDUSTRY ENGAGEMENT 7-9 May 2012 puriPujangga HOTEL, UKM, BANGI Dyslexia Screening Test in BahasaMalaysia KetuaProjek: Prof. Madya Dr. SharanjeetKaur

  2. Dys lexia + Difficulty Word Difficulties with words Hidden Disability

  3. 7 % of standard 2 Malay children were found to have dyslexia (Gomez 2000) • 4.43% of undergraduate university students were found to have dyslexia (Ong et al. 2009) (PEMANDU, 2011)

  4. Presently - no Malaysian standardized instruments to identify children with specific reading difficulties. • In March 2001, the Ministry of Education officials formulated a checklist for screening all Malaysian children in Standard 1. • The checklist (‘SenaraiSemakDisleksia’) consists of three elements: • (i) pupils’ level of mastery in reading and writing (spelling) and numeracy skills (difficulties); • (ii) teachers’/parents’ perception of pupils’ abilities (strengths); and • (iii) predictors of dyslexia.

  5. Objectives • To develop and validate the Dyslexia Screening Test Bahasa Malaysia (DSTBM). • To determine the effectiveness of the DSTBM to identify dyslexic children. • To determine the visual status of children with dyslexia. • To determine the language and literacy abilities of children with dyslexia. • To determine the auditory status of children with dyslexia. • To determine the internalizing and externalizing problems of children with dyslexia.

  6. Dyslexia Screening Test Bahasa Malaysia (DSTBM) • Adapted from Fawcett & Nicolson (1996) and developed by lecturers from multidisciplinary field of Faculty of Health Sciences, UniversitiKebangsaan Malaysia. • For school professionals • Wan Nor Azlen (2004) provides norms for 8-year-old children. • Psychometric properties has not been reported.

  7. Study Design & Sample • Cross-sectional design • Standard 2 children – 7:6 – 8:6 (n= 501) • Cluster sampling • 5 SekolahKebangsaan at Klang Valley area • Received at least 15 months of formal instruction.

  8. DSTBM has 11 subsets: • Rapid naming • One minute reading • Two minutes spelling • Postural stability • Bead Threading • One minute writing • Nonsense passage reading • Phonemic segmentation • Semantic fluency • Verbal fluency • Backward digit span

  9. RESULTS

  10. Cronbach’s Alpha of DSTBM

  11. Benefits of community

  12. Benefits of community FUTURE Helpful tool for teachers at school level to determine whether a student needs further evaluation by clinical or educational psychologist. EARLY DETECTION EARLY INTERVENTION – now also in planning Before the dyslexics lose their self-esteem

  13. Conclusions • With the exclusion of Postural Stability subtest and Bead Threading subtest, DSTBM is currently a reliable and valid dyslexia screening instrument for eight-year-old Malay speaking children.

  14. Who are the dyslexics?

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