Social and family background of children with specific learning disabilities : awareness of dyslexia among certain population groups

Autor	Lenka Krejčová
Organisation	Univerzita Karlova v Praze
Year	2004
Research type	master thesis
Annotation	The research aimed to map the awareness of dyslexia among population groups which form social, emotional, and educational background of individuals with dyslexia. I.e. they might either positively or negatively affect dyslexics’ development and their search for efficient modifications of school and/or every-day demands. The target group involved: teachers from standard classes and from specialized dyslexic classes, parents of intact pupils and parents of pupils with dyslexia, students of primary education and students of medicine, comprehensive secondary school students, and both intact pupils and pupils with dyslexia at elementary schools. They all were approached via questionnaire. Even though the results showed significantly better knowledge of dyslexia among groups which were personally and/or professionally closely linked with the matter, the awareness of dyslexia still appeared to be rather low and insufficient.
Keywords	dyslexia, specific learning disabilities, social background, awareness of dyslexia, pupils, teachers, parents.
Research type	unrepeated research
Start date	30. 11. 2003
End date
Obor	AN Psychology
Email	uk@cuni.cz
Availability	available by the researcher
Research location	Univerzita Karlova v Praze
Organisation	Univerzita Karlova v Praze
Possible connection	Numbers of pupils and student