THE MARBURG PARENT-CHILD SPELLING TRAININ G-PROGRAM

The first results of a parent-child program for improving the children 's spelling are reported. Seventeen spelling-disabled children and the ir mothers took part for about one year in a supervised tutoring progr am that was based on German spelling rules. The parents met with two t herapists one evening a month and received guidance with the program. Overall there was no improvement in spelling. However, a qualitative a nalysis of spelling errors revealed marked improvement in those areas that had been worked on in the program. Significant predictors of spel ling improvement were the spelling ability of the mother and whether t he mother was working or not.