Phonological awareness intervention and attention efficiency in children at risk: evidence of effectiveness on visual attention

Using a pretest and posttest comparison group design, this 20 weeks study investigated the effects of a phonological awareness training program (PATP) on attention efficiency (AE) in 57 children (age = 5 to 6 years) at risk. The experimental group received the PATP (EG; n=30). We obtained pretest an...

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Published in:CoDAS (São Paulo) 2016-05, Vol.28 (3), p.314-318
Main Authors: Porta, María Elsa, Carrada, Mariana Andrea, Ison, Mirta Susana
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Articulation Disorders - therapy
Attention
Attention - physiology
AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY
Auditory Perception - physiology
Awareness - physiology
Child
Child, Preschool
Humans
Intervention
Non-Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Phonetics
Phonological Awareness
REHABILITATION
School Children
Spanish
Treatment Outcome
Visual Perception - physiology
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Summary:Using a pretest and posttest comparison group design, this 20 weeks study investigated the effects of a phonological awareness training program (PATP) on attention efficiency (AE) in 57 children (age = 5 to 6 years) at risk. The experimental group received the PATP (EG; n=30). We obtained pretest and posttest measures of phonological awareness and AE. The ANOVA showed significant interaction effects of the PATP and time on phonological awareness and AE. For both groups, posttest AE score means were higher than pretest score means. Pretest measures showed that the AE score mean for the EG was lower than that for the Control Group (CG; n=31); whereas posttest data showed no between group differences. Contrast analysis showed that the EG gained a greater level of phonological awareness ability and AE over CG. Our results indicate that children's attention efficiency not only improved as they developed, but also increased by means of a PATP.
ISSN:2317-1782
2317-1782
DOI:10.1590/2317-1782/20162015277