Reflective Spelling Strategies for Elementary School Students with Severe Writing Difficulties: A Case Study

A case study with two Finnish 10-year-old boys evaluated an intervention designed to promote the spelling skills of elementary school students with severe writing difficulties. The intervention comprised strategy instruction, procedural facilitation, and computer-assisted tutoring. Transfer was facilitated by involving teachers and parents. The results showed gains in spelling accuracy, spelling revision skills, decoding accuracy, and knowledge about the writing process from baseline to post-treatment phase. Transfer, parents' and teachers' participation, and the stability of intervention effects over a six-month follow-up period are discussed.