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The Effect of Tier 2 Intervention for Phonemic Awareness in a Response-to-Intervention Model in Low-Income Preschool Classrooms
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Koutsoftas, Anthony D.; Harmon, Mary Towle; Gray, Shelley – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2009
Purpose: This study assessed the effectiveness of a Tier 2 intervention that was designed to increase the phonemic awareness skills of low-income preschoolers who were enrolled in Early Reading First classrooms. Method: Thirty-four preschoolers participated in a multiple baseline across participants treatment design. Tier 2 intervention for…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Intervention, Early Reading, Phonemics
A Therapeutic Technique for the Improvement of Lingua-Alveolar Valving Abilities
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Dworkin, James Paul – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1978
The study was designed to determine if a remedial program using a bite-block device could inhibit hypermandibular activity and thereby improve the lingua-alveolar valving abilities of four boys (mean age 7.2 years-old) who demonstrated multiple lingua-alveolar phonemic errors. (Author/PHR)
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Educational Media, Phonemics, Program Evaluation
Substitution Patterns and Word Constraints
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Willbrand, Mary Louise; Kleinschmidt, Mary Jo – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1978
In a case study of a 4-year-old girl whose substitution patterns were affected by constraints of individual words, initial assessment revealed she correctly articulated few consonant sounds. (Author/PHR)
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Case Studies, Diagnostic Tests, Language Handicaps
Consideration of Error Types: A Response to Fey. Clinical Forum: Phonological Assessment and Treatment.
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Elbert, Mary – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1992
This response to Fey (EC 604 058) discusses the use of the term "phonological" to describe disordered speech patterns and suggests that phonological disorders include both phonetic and phonemic error types. Describing errors as either phonetic or phonemic is seen to lead to differential treatment procedures. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Articulation Impairments, Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns, Opinions
Invented Spelling: Developmental Patterns in Kindergarten Children and Guidelines for Early Literacy Intervention.
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Lombardino, Linda J.; Bedford, Tara; Fortier, Christine; Brandi, John; Carter, Jennifer – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1997
The phonemic awareness of 100 children in the second semester of kindergarten was evaluated through analysis of their invented spelling patterns. A taxonomy of 10 invented spelling patterns and 21 response types was developed. A developmental ordering of spelling patterns is proposed and relationships among phonological awareness, spelling, and…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Classification, Developmental Stages, Early Intervention