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Despite the increasing significance of written communication, there is limited
research into spelling therapy for adults with acquired dysgraphia. Existing
studies have typically measured spelling accuracy as an outcome, although speed
may also be important for functional writing. As spelling is relatively slow,
effortful and prone to errors in people with dysgraphia, minimising errors within
therapy could be a factor in therapy success. This within-participant case-series
study investigated whether errorless and errorful therapies would differ in their
effects on spelling speed and accuracy for four participants with acquired
dysgraphia. Matched sets of words were treated with errorless or errorful therapy
or left untreated. Results were collated one week and five weeks after therapy.
Both therapy approaches were successful in improving spelling accuracy. For three
participants, equivalent gains were demonstrated following errorless and errorful
therapy. One participant made significantly greater improvements in spelling
accuracy following errorless therapy. The effects were maintained five weeks
later. There was no significant difference in post-therapy spelling speed between
the two therapy conditions. The results of this study suggest that both errorful
and errorless therapies can be effective methods with which to treat spelling in
adults with acquired dysgraphia.

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