A Systematic Review of Computer-Based Remedial Programs for Primary Schoolchildren Diagnosed With Dyslexia: Results From Medline

Dyslexia affects up to 15% ofchildren and is the most prevalent learning disability. Withinformation technology devices being common in theprimary school classroom, advances in computer-basedremedial programs offer potential benefits in helping dys-lexic children improve their reading skills. However, aprevious systematic review (Strong et al 2010) found thatFast ForWord, a commonly used computer-based pro-gram, gave no extra benefit. The objective was to determinewhether computer-based programs provide significant ben-efits beyond traditional remedial programs in dyslexic pri-mary schoolchildren.