[Phonological awareness therapy in the literacy process].
BACKGROUND
Phonological awareness and literacy.


OBJECTIVE
to verify the influence of phonological awareness therapy in the literacy process.


METHODS
46 children were submitted to an assessment involving the reading and writing of words and non-words and of phonological awareness. The experimental group was submitted to therapy.


RESULTS
Therapy had a positive influence in the performance of the children in the experimental group (76.47%) regarding tasks of phonological awareness and regarding their performance in reading and writing; only literate children were able to perform tasks involving phonemic awareness.


CONCLUSIONS
Phonological awareness therapy facilitates the acquisition of the alphabetic code.
Paula
Giovana Romero
GR
Fonoaudióloga, Mestre em Distúrbios da Comunicação Humana pela Universidade Federal de Santa Maria. giorp@via-rs.net
Mota
Helena Bolli
HB
Keske-Soares
Márcia
M
D001364:Awareness; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007806:Language Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D010700:Phonetics; D011932:Reading; D013070:Speech Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D014956:Writing