Mobile Device Development and Its Contribution to the Treatment of Young Dyslexic Brazilian Children

摘要

Technology is part of our everyday life, not only for adults but also for children, who often enjoy technology as entertainment. Considering that Dislexia is the most common learning disability, this paper aims to show the development of an application targeted at 6-9 year old children. The application is intended to assist the dyslexia treatment through games that works the areas commonly affected in the dyslexic, also with participatory games, which encourage parents to get involved in their children treatment, as well as stimulate the application use by children on their own, through virtual rewards and customized items, aiming at the stimulus of continuous learning. Thus, it was intended to promote a more attractive and playful tool to assist the dyslexia treatment.