Re-Education of a Surface Dysgraphia with a Visual Imagery Strategy. A Review

Academic Paper from the year 2009 in the subject Pedagogy - General, grade: A, Southern Illinois University Carbondale (Curriculum & Instruction), course: EDUC 591, language: English, abstract: For review, the author has chosen the model study she is imitating for my dissertation. She is working with a struggling writer displaying many characteristics of a dysgraphic; however, my single case study participant suffers from developmental dysgraphia which may subside as the child matures, whereas the adult dysgraphic in the model study experienced acquired dysgraphia after he had contracted encephalitis. The procedures include description and clinical supervision of a small number of cases (here: a single case) in great detail, with the purpose of identifying basic elements, processes, etc. underlying the target behavior of the case subject. Both the model study and my dissertation are experimental studies to assess a proposed treatment for the diagnosed dysgraphia.

Christina Linda Lyons (born Voss) holds a PhD in English from Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, FTSK Germersheim, Germany (2003) and a PhD in Curriculum & Instruction from Southern Illinois University Carbondale (2013) and has taught English and English Education for 15 years in the United States. She was a student teacher for a year at Carbondale Community High School, taught for 10 years at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, for a year at John A. Logan College in Carterville, IL, and for nearly four years at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, TN. Her interests include Freemasonry and secret/planned languages, learning disabilities (dyslexia, dysgraphia, etc.), translations, educational philosophy, pedagogy, and music. She was married to the late pianist and composer David Paul Lyons and studied music composition with him as well as with Armando Bayolo, Christopher Walczak, and Phillip Brown at SIUC for several semesters, winning about 22 composition awards and honorable mentions. She also holds two Montessori certificates (Early Childhood and Elementary Education) and is interested in child-centered, constructivist, and hands-on education.