title: Neurorehabilitation applied to specific learning disability: Study of a single case.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Specific Learning Disorders (SLD) therefore represent chronic, not temporary disorders with varying degrees of expression throughout life. The beginning of imaging, anatomy and genetics studies have made it possible to investigate the brain organization of individuals suffering from SLD (Deheane, 2009).
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this paper is to describe a treatment method for reading and writing disorders through an intervention based on the integration of a sublexical method and a neuropsychological approach, with assistive technologies in the study of a single case.
  
  
  METHODS
  The protocol is based on the modularization theory (Karmiloff-Smith, 1990). The data presented in this paper with a A-B-A basic experimental drawing.
  
  
  RESULTS
  This study confirms the degree of effectiveness of the treatments based on the automated identification of syllables and words together with the integrated enhancement of neuropsychological aspects such as visual attention and phonological loop (Benso, 2008), although in the follow-up condition only some abilities maintain the progress achieved.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  As previously mentioned, the SLD represents a chronic disorder, consequently the treatment does not solve the root cause of the problem, but can grant a use of the process decidedly more instrumental to everyday life.
authors.affiliation: ANSVI - Academy of Developmental Neuropsychology, Parma, Italy.
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bilancia
authors.affiliation: FARE Centre - Centre for Clinical Assessment and Treatment of Learning and Language Disorder, Perugia, Italy.
authors.forename: Moreno
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marazzi
authors.affiliation: FARE Centre - Centre for Clinical Assessment and Treatment of Learning and Language Disorder, Perugia, Italy.
authors.forename: Davide
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Filippi
mesh_terms: D000381:Agraphia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D001288:Attention; D001921:Brain; D002648:Child; D004410:Dyslexia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008606:Mental Processes; D000066530:Neurological Rehabilitation / Q000379:methods*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011932:Reading; D012656:Self-Help Devices; D012984:Software; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Dyslexia; learning disorder; neuropsychological methods; sublexical method; tachistoscope software