TY - JOUR
T1 - Phonological awareness and rapid naming predict word attack and word identification in adults with mild mental retardation
AU - Saunders, Kathryn J.
AU - DeFulio, Anthony
PY - 2007/5
Y1 - 2007/5
N2 - In this study we asked whether measures of phonological awareness and rapid naming were correlated with single-word reading skills of 30 adults with mild mental retardation. We presented four tests of phonological awareness (for rime, first, middle, and end-sound categorization), two rapid-naming tests (pictures and letters), and the Woodcock Word-Identification and Word-Attack subtests. All four phonological-awareness measures and both rapid-naming measures were significantly correlated with both word-attack and word-identification skills. This outcome is consistent with findings from typically developing children, suggesting that instruction in phonological awareness would facilitate the acquisition of word-attack skills in individuals with mental retardation.
AB - In this study we asked whether measures of phonological awareness and rapid naming were correlated with single-word reading skills of 30 adults with mild mental retardation. We presented four tests of phonological awareness (for rime, first, middle, and end-sound categorization), two rapid-naming tests (pictures and letters), and the Woodcock Word-Identification and Word-Attack subtests. All four phonological-awareness measures and both rapid-naming measures were significantly correlated with both word-attack and word-identification skills. This outcome is consistent with findings from typically developing children, suggesting that instruction in phonological awareness would facilitate the acquisition of word-attack skills in individuals with mental retardation.
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U2 - 10.1352/0895-8017(2007)112[155:PAARNP]2.0.CO;2
DO - 10.1352/0895-8017(2007)112[155:PAARNP]2.0.CO;2
M3 - Article
C2 - 17542653
AN - SCOPUS:34248195095
SN - 0895-8017
VL - 112
SP - 155
EP - 166
JO - American Journal on Mental Retardation
JF - American Journal on Mental Retardation
IS - 3
ER -