The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of BEATLE with clinical samples of patients diagnosed with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD), Dyslexia, and Mixed Specific Developmental Disorder. A randomized controlled trial with a waitlist design will be employed. The objective is to assess potential changes in perceived self-efficacy, self-compassion, executive functioning, and attitudes toward learning as reported by the participants, their guardians (parents), and teachers. Additionally, this study aims to examine the correlation between the usage of the Digital Care Pathway (DCP) and its effectiveness.
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BEtter AT LEarning (BEATLE)- Digital Care Pathway
Other interventionBEATLE is a digital care pathway consisting of ten episodes resembling an online course. The episodes are designed to be multimodal and immersive, incorporating text, recorded voice, pictures, cartoons, videos and peer support through given examples and case stories. Participants are encouraged to access BEATLE through a web browser on a computer, although it is also accessible through a mobile application. Participants have control over the pace of completing the BEATLE, but there must be a minimum five-day break between episodes. In other words, it is possible to complete the BEATLE in seven weeks. All participants are referred to the BEATLE by a neuropsychologist and are strongly authenticated in the healthvillage.fi online platform. Each participant is assigned a designated neuropsychologist who tracks their progress in the BEATLE and to whom messages and questions can be sent by the participant.
Self-Efficacy Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents (SEQ-C)
A brief questionnaire assessing perceived academic, emotional and social self-efficacy. Scale scores will be calulated for academic (Min 8 - Max 40), emotional ( Min 7 - 35) and social self-efficacy (Min 8 - Max 40). A total self-efficacy score will also be calculated as a sum of abovementioned three scale scores (Min 23 - Max 115).
Sussex-Oxford Compassion Scale - Self (SOCS-S)
A brief questionnaire intended to measure perceived self-compassion. The measure consists of 20 items that are answered on 5-step likert scale. Five scale sum scores will be calculated from the measure: Recognition of suffering (Min 4 - Max 20), Understanding the universality of suffering (Min 4 - Max 20), Feeling sympathy for those who are suffering (Min 4 - Max 20), Tolerating the distress associated with the witnessing of suffering (Min 4 - Max 20) and Motivation to act to alleviate the suffering (Min 4 - Max 20). A total self-compassion score will also be calculated that is the sum of above mentioned five scale scores (Min 20 - Max 100).
5-15
5-15 is a questionnaire designed to assess perceived difficulties in children or adolescents. Parents and teachers of the participant will fill parts of this survey regarding executive functioning and learning. All items are answered on a three-step scale from 0 to 2. Following scale sum variables will be calculated: Reading, writing, calculating (13 items: MIN 0 - MAX 26), Learning and participation in learning (6 items: MIN 0 - MAX 12), Problem solving in learning situations (10 items: MIN 0 - MAX 20).
The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)
The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire is a brief behavioural screening questionnaire about 2-17 year olds. Parent and teacher of the participant is given SDQ to be filled in different timepoints of the study. SDQ consists of 25 symptom items that are answered on three-step scale from 0 to 2 and provide five scale sum scores to be calculated: Emotional difficulties scale (MIN 0 - MAX 10), Conduct difficulties scale (MIN 0 - MAX 10), Hyperactivity scale (MIN 0 - MAX 10), Peer difficulties scale (MIN 0 - MAX 10), Prosocial Scale (MIN 0 - MAX 10). A total difficulties score is also calculated by summing scores from all symptom scales except the prosocial scale (MIN 0 - MAX 40). Internalizing score ranges from 0 to 20 and is the sum of emotional and peer difficulties scales. The externalizing score ranges from 0 to 20 and is the sum of the conduct and hyperactivity scales.
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