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Phonics and Spelling Intervention for Three Children with Down Syndrome
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Bridget Letuzinger; Derek B. Rodgers; Mackenzie E. Savaiano – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2024
The current study examined the effectiveness of a reading curriculum of explicit instruction on the letter-sound knowledge of a sample of elementary-aged students with Down syndrome. The procedures were adapted from prior research (King et al., 2020; Lemons et al., 2018; Lemons et al., 2015). Three participants between 9 and 11 years old…
Descriptors: Phonics, Spelling Instruction, Down Syndrome, Intervention
Perception of Correctly and Incorrectly Produced Words in Children with and without Phonological Speech Sound Disorders
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Brosseau-Lapré, Françoise; Schumaker, Jennifer – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the perception of correctly and incorrectly produced words in children with and without phonological speech sound disorder (SSD) with similar vocabulary and language skills. Method: Thirty-six monolingual English-speaking children aged 4 and 5 years, half with SSD and half with typical speech and…
Descriptors: Pronunciation, Young Children, Monolingualism, English
Perception of Medial Consonants by Preschoolers with and without Speech Sound Disorders
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Brosseau-Lapré, Françoise; Schumaker, Jennifer; Kluender, Keith R. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020
Purpose: This study compared perception of consonants in medial position by preschoolers, with and without speech sound disorder (SSD), with similar vocabulary and language skills. In addition, we investigated the association between speech perception and production skills. Method: Participants were 36 monolingual English-speaking children with…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Vocabulary Development, Correlation, Preschool Children
Developing an Early Reading Intervention Aligned with the Down Syndrome Behavioral Phenotype
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Lemons, Christopher J.; King, Seth A.; Davidson, Kimberly A.; Puranik, Cynthia S.; Al Otaiba, Stephanie; Fulmer, Deborah; Mrachko, Alicia A.; Partanen, Jane; Fidler, Deborah J. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2017
The aim of this project was to develop an early reading intervention for children with Down syndrome based on the related behavioral phenotype. The intervention targeted learning of letter-sound correspondences, reading of decodable and high frequency words, and phonological awareness. We evaluated the feasibility and potential efficacy of the…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Reading Programs, Down Syndrome, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence