Phonological Awareness Approach
Implementation of the Phonological Awareness Approach:
The phonological awareness approach is an early emergent-literacy approach. It is not specific to CAS, but it is helpful for clients who have difficulty with syllable structure and inconsistent productions. The focus for this approach is phonological awareness, or the understanding of word-sound structure. This approach teaches and utilizes certain skills, such as rhyming, phoneme manipulation (addition, deletion, etc.) and phoneme identification. The goal is to generalize what is learned into spontaneous speech production.
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Clients who may benefit from this approach:
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are between the ages of 4-7 with CAS
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have difficulty with syllable structure
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have inconsistent productions
Below, you will find a video further detailing phonological awareness (DISCLAIMER: this is not a video detailing the approach--but rather detailing phonological awareness in general).
You know what the Phonological Awareness Approach is... Now what?
Now that you have learned about the Phonological Awareness Approach, what kind of client would benefit from its use, and saw a short demonstration video, you may be thinking... now what?​
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The goal of the SLP Quick Treatment guide is to help SLPs learn about available approaches they could utilize in their treatment as well as offering a list of therapy resources, research for the approach, and even data collection sheets. Essentially, this is the drawer of our "filing cabinet" that is dedicated to the Phonological Awareness Approach - we hope it helps to jumpstart your treatment utilizing this approach!
FREE Resources:
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Quick Reference Guide (with example stimuli)
Activities​
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4 Phonological Awareness Activities (good for groups)
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7 Skills With Activities (can adapt to use in home or therapy)
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Phonological Awareness Activities (calendar with activity ideas that can be used over breaks, for home practice, or in therapy!)
*There were TONS of free online resources that target phonological awareness! The above list contains our favorites, and the ones we feel are the best quality.​
PAID Resources:
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Binder ($12.75)
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Activities ($12.50)
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Activities Set—Good for small groups, partners, or individual ($50)
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Boom Cards ($28)
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Rhyming Clip Cards ($4)
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Beginning Sounds ($3.50)
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Syllables ($7.50)
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Task Boxes ($11.75)
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Grab N Go ($12)
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Bundle ($4.50)
*Keep in mind that there are MANY good quality, free resources listed higher on this page. These is just a list of our favorite paid resources.
Data Collection Sheets:
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Excel Data Sheet (FREE)
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Data Sheet ($5)
Research supporting Phonological Awareness Approach
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Gillon, G. (2002). Phonological awareness intervention for children: From the research laboratory to the clinic. ASHA Leader, 7(22), 4-17. https://doi.org/10.1044/leader.FTR2.07222002.4​
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Moriarty, B. C., & Gillon, G. T. (2006). Phonological awareness intervention for children with childhood apraxia of speech. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 41(6), 713-734. https://doi.org/10.1080/13682820600623960