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Gillon, Gail; McNeill, Brigid; Denston, Amanda; Scott, Amy; Macfarlane, Angus – Topics in Language Disorders, 2020
This study investigated the response to class-wide phonological awareness and oral language teaching for 40 children who entered school with speech and language difficulties. A stepped wedge research design was adopted to compare the immediate impact of the 10-week teacher-led instruction. The progress of the children with speech and language…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Phonological Awareness, Oral Language, Speech Impairments
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McNeill, Brigid C.; Buckley-Foster, Philippa; Gillon, Gail – Support for Learning, 2011
The longer-term effectiveness of phonological awareness intervention for children with reading difficulty is likely to be influenced by the quality of general classroom instruction. This descriptive project used a case study design to follow the literacy progress of three children aged six and seven years with speech and language impairment after…
Descriptors: English Curriculum, Reading Difficulties, Intervention, Language Impairments
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McNeill, Brigid C.; Gillon, Gail T.; Dodd, Barbara – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2009
This study investigated the effectiveness of an integrated phonological awareness approach for children with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS). Change in speech, phonological awareness, letter knowledge, word decoding, and spelling skills were examined. A controlled multiple single-subject design was employed. Twelve children aged 4-7 years with…
Descriptors: Spelling, Phonological Awareness, Phonemic Awareness, Children
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Gillon, Gail T. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2000
This study investigated the efficacy of an integrated phonological awareness intervention approach with 61 New Zealand children (ages 5-7) with spoken language impairment (SLI) and 30 typically developing children. Children who received the phonological awareness intervention reached levels of performance similar to typically developing children…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Foreign Countries, Instructional Effectiveness, Intervention