The effect of Tier 2 intervention for phonemic awareness in a response-to-intervention model in low-income preschool classrooms.

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...

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Publicado en:Language, Speech & Hearing Services in Schools Vol. 40; no. 2; pp. 116 - 131
Autores principales: Koutsoftas AD, Harmon MT, Gray S
Formato: equations & formulas research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Apr2009
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          Koutsoftas AD
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        affil: Arizona State University, P.O. Box 870102, Tempe, AZ 85287-0102. Anthony.koutsoftas@asu.edu .
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          Language Processing In Infancy and Childhood
          Phonology In Infancy and Childhood
          Poverty
          Reading Education
          School Health Services
          Speech-Language Pathology Methods
          Arizona
          Child, Preschool
          Descriptive Statistics
          Early Intervention
          Education, Special
          Effect Size
          Evaluation Research
          Experimental Studies
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          Language Development
          Language Tests
          Male
          Outcome Assessment
          Pretest-Posttest Design
          Risk Factors
          Schools, Elementary
          Speech-Language Pathologists
          T-Tests
          Treatment Outcomes
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          Child, Preschool: 2-5 years
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      ab: 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 beginning sound awareness was provided twice weekly in small groups over 6 weeks by trained teachers and speech-language pathologists (SLPs). RESULTS: The intervention was successful for 71% of the children, as indicated by medium to large effect sizes. Comparisons between children who did and did not qualify for intervention suggest that Tier 2 intervention helped narrow the gap in beginning sound awareness that had begun to emerge before treatment. Although children receiving special education and those learning English as a second language were enrolled in the classrooms, they were not overrepresented in the group qualifying for Tier 2 intervention, and most who did qualify demonstrated a positive response to intervention. CONCLUSION: In a relatively short period of time, preschoolers' phonemic awareness skills were increased through small-group Tier 2 intervention provided by teachers and SLPs. Findings indicate the potential of Tier 2 interventions to positively impact the future reading skills of children who are at risk for later reading difficulties.
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