title: Phonological remediation program in students with learning difficulties.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To verify the effectiveness of a phonological remediation program in students with learning difficulties.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty students from 2nd to 4th grades, from both genders, ranging from eight years and one month to 12 years old, were divided into two groups: Group 1 (G1), composed by 20 students with learning disabilities; and Group 2 (G2), composed by 20 students without learning disabilities. The Cognitive-Linguistic Performance Test and the oral reading and comprehension were applied in pre-test and post-test situations in all students. After the pre-test, only the students from Group 1 were submitted to the phonological remediation program.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After the phonological remediation program, Group 1 presented differences for reading abilities, auditory and visual processing, and processing speed, evidenced by superior performance in the post-testing situation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The phonological remediation program was efficient to the development of cognitive-linguistic skills and reading and text comprehension of students with learning difficulties.
authors.affiliation: Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Therapy, Post-graduation Program in Education - Faculty of Sciences and Phylosophy – Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio de Mesquita Filho"- UNESP – Marília (SP), Brazil.
authors.forename: Ana Paula de Castro
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Simone Aparecida
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Capellini
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004410:Dyslexia / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012073:Remedial Teaching; D013334:Students