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Parent Interventionists In Phonodialogic Emergent Reading With Preschool Children, Sabra B. Gear
Parent Interventionists In Phonodialogic Emergent Reading With Preschool Children, Sabra B. Gear
Communication Disorders & Special Education Theses & Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to examine an activity-based intervention, dialogic reading with embedded explicit phonological awareness strategies, applied as a preventive approach by parents in their home settings located within a culturally and ethnically diverse urban region. This study investigated the effects of training parents to employ a phonodialogic activity-based emergent reading intervention protocol to increase the phonological awareness skills of their 4- and 5-year old children. Helping young children learn phonological awareness skills are vitally important to the development of early reading (Anthony & Lonigan, 2004; Ziolkowski & Goldstein, 2008). This investigation provided an empirical examination of …
Effects Of Social Story Interventions On Preschool Age Children With And Without Disabilities, Cori Michelle More
Effects Of Social Story Interventions On Preschool Age Children With And Without Disabilities, Cori Michelle More
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
More children are receiving care outside of their home under the age of six (Childstats.gov, 2007). The quality of these programs has a direct impact on student’s readiness for school (Burchinal, Roberts, Nabors, & Bryant, 1996). Social readiness is the foundation for school readiness and academic achievement (Blair, 2002; Brigman, Lane, Lane, Lawrence, & Switzer, 1999; Raver, 2004). Acquisition of social skills plays a key role in preschool age children’s readiness for school, thus interventions that teach young children social skills are of importance. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of Social Story interventions on preschool …