Brigid McNeill|Gail Gillon|Barbara Dodd
Effectiveness of an integrated phonological awareness approach for children with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS)
University of Canterbury|University of Canterbury|University of Queensland
study investigated effectiveness integrated phonological awareness approach children childhood apraxia speech cas change speech phonological awareness letter knowledge word decoding spelling skills examined controlled multiple singlesubject design employed twelve children aged 47 years cas participated two 6week intervention blocks 2 sessions per week separated 6week withdrawal block nine children cas made significant gains production target speech sounds demonstrated transfer skills connected speech least one speech target eight children showed significant gains least one target phoneme awareness skill children demonstrated transfer skills novel phoneme awareness tasks group children cas demonstrated improvement phonological awareness letter knowledge word decoding spelling ability integrated phonological awareness programme effective method simultaneously improving speech phoneme awareness word decoding spelling ability children cas