Poor phonological awareness can lead to significant difficulties in intelligibility, reading, and mature syntax. As children with poor phonological awareness get older, their problems multiply and they struggle to make continual progress. I created this tracking form to:
- Begin remediating in the preschool years
- Base the developmental sequence on research (see below for citations)
- Assess the gaps and hidden weaknesses that stem from poor phonological awareness
- Create a rigorous progress monitoring tool that begins with early listening skills and concludes with high level phonemic awareness skills
Many phonological/phonemic awareness tools aren’t rigorous enough to uncover the problems of our clients with communication disorders experience, let alone the needs of children with apraxia. You can use this form for assessment purposes as well as progress monitoring. Each skill area—and there are 7!—is broken down into several smaller steps. With the inclusion of early listening skills and these small steps, you will know exactly what skills to target. The seven areas are:
- Listening Games
- Rhyming
- Word and Sentence Awareness
- Syllable Awareness
- Initial and Final Sounds
- Manipulate Individual Phonemes
- Manipulate Medial Vowels
The download comes with detailed directions and activity ideas for each step.
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Looking for further information on Phonological Awareness? Check out my podcast on The Speech Umbrella Tracking Phonological Awareness
Citations: Phonemic Awareness in Young Children by Adams, Foorman, Lundberg, and Beeler.
Essentials of Assessing, Preventing, and Overcoming Reading Difficulties by Kilpatrick.