| Facilitating Emergent Literacy: Efficacy of a Model that Partners Speech-Language Pathologists and Educators. | |
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PMID: 22230181 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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PURPOSE: This study examined the efficacy of a professional development program for early childhood educators that facilitated emergent literacy skills in preschoolers. The program, lead by a speech-language pathologist, focused on teaching alphabet knowledge, print concepts, sound awareness, and decontextualized oral language within naturally-occurring classroom interactions. METHOD: Twenty educators were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. Educators each recruited three to four children from their classrooms to participate. The experimental group participated in 18 hours of group training and three individual coaching sessions with a speech-language pathologist. The effects of intervention were examined in 30 minutes of videotaped interaction, including storybook reading and a post-story writing activity. RESULTS: At posttest, educators in the experimental group used a higher rate of utterances that included print/sound references and decontextualized language than the control group. Similarly, the children in the experimental group used a significantly higher rate of utterances that included print/sound references and decontextualized language compared to the control group. CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that professional development provided by a speech-language pathologist can yield short term changes in the facilitation of emergent literacy skills in early childhood settings. Future research is needed to determine the impact of this program on the children's long term development of conventional literacy skills. |
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Luigi Girolametto; Elaine Weitzman; Janice Greenberg |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-1-9 |
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Title: American journal of speech-language pathology / American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Volume: - ISSN: 1558-9110 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2012 Jan |
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Created Date: 2012-1-10 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9114726 Medline TA: Am J Speech Lang Pathol Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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University of Toronto, Toronto, ON. |
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