Teaching Sound Letter Correspondence and Consonant-Vowel-Consonant Combinations to Young Children who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to provide a preliminary examination of an intervention strategy designed to teach sound-letter correspondence and spelling of consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) combinations to young children who use Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC). A multiple baseline probe design across behaviors was used to assess the effects of the intervention on the percentage of correct responses provided by two participants on the target skills during free-choice play activities in the literacy center of inclusive classrooms. The results of this study provide preliminary support for the use of the intervention strategy within inclusive classrooms.

Keywords:

• augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)
• Intervention
• Children
• Literacy

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1 Head Start is a program of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Head Start promotes school readiness by supporting the social and cognitive development of children through the provision of educational, health, nutritional, social, and other services to enrolled children and their families. http://www.nhsa.org/