Program Description

"Builds children’s phonological awareness and alphabet skills, including how to blend and segment words, identify first parts of words, identify first sounds of words, learn letter names, and master letter–sound correspondence."

Cost

Kit cost: $149.95

Intended Population

• Intervention
• Intensified intervention

Grade

• Elementary School

Intended Group Size

• Any

ELL/DLL

• Yes

Multisensory Applications

• Yes

Computer-Based Delivery

• None

Scripted

• Instructor Scripted

Comprehensive or Skill Specific

• Skill Specific

Placement Tests

• No

Advanced Placement

• No

Assessment to Monitor Skills Mastery

• Yes

Error Correction Built In

• Yes

Fidelity Measures Provided by Publisher

• Unspecified

Research Summary

Results from research on this program indicated small or insignificant differences between measured outcomes. The results show some slight promise with the smlal effects that were exhibited however, overall, there is not much indication of benefit from this program.

Study Citations

Goldstein, H., Olszewski, A., Haring, C., Greenwood, C. R., McCune, L., Carta, J., . . . Kelley, E. S. (2017). Efficacy of a supplemental phonemic awareness curriculum to instruct preschoolers with delays in early literacy development. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 60, 89-103.

Kruse, L. G., Spencer, T. D., Olszewski, A., & Goldstein, H. (2015). Small groups, big gains: Efficacy of a tier 2 phonological awareness intervention with preschoolers with early literacy deficits. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 24(2), 189-205. doi:10.1044/2015_ajslp-14-0035

Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)

• Insufficient evidence