The Effectiveness of a Phonological Awareness Training Intervention on Pre-reading Skills of Children with Mental Retardation

Phonological awareness is the ability to manipulate the individual speech sounds that make upconnected speech. Little information is reported on the acquisition of phonological awareness inspecial populations. The purpose of this study was to explore the effectiveness of a phonologicalawareness training intervention on pre-reading skills of mentally retarded children. A total of 47children mental retardation participated in this study. The sample was randomly divided into twogroups; experimental (n= 24, 19 boys, 5 girls)and control (n= 23 , 20 boys and 3 girls ).ANCOVA and Repeated Measures Analyses were employed for data analysis. Findings from thisstudy indicated the effectiveness of the program employed in improving pre-reading skills in thetarget children