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Enhancing the phonological awareness and language skills of socially disadvantaged preschoolers: An interdisciplinary programme

Beth McIntosh

Perinatal Research Centre, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, University of Queensland, Australia

Sharon Crosbie

Perinatal Research Centre, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, University of Queensland, Australia

Alison Holm

Perinatal Research Centre, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, University of Queensland, Australia

Barbara Dodd

Perinatal Research Centre, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, University of Queensland, Australia, bdodd{at}somc.uq.edu.au

Sian Thomas

Education Queensland, Australia

The research reported investigated the efficacy of intervention, developed by a speech-language therapist and implemented by a teacher, for the language and phonological awareness (PA) abilities of pre-school, socially disadvantaged children. One study established that children from low socio-economic (SES) backgrounds had poorer skills on both measures compared to children of average SES. Half of the low SES group received language and PA intervention programmes and their progress was compared to untreated SES matched controls. Both programmes were highly effective with post-intervention performance not only exceeding that of SES controls but also equalling the performance of controls of average SES.

Key Words: intervention efficacy • language • phonological awareness • socio-economic disadvantage

Child Language Teaching and Therapy, Vol. 23, No. 3, 267-286 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0265659007080678
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