Speech Therapy for
Reading Readiness and Literacy


Speech Therapy for Reading Readiness & Literacy
Reading Readiness/Literacy
Speech Language Pathologists are trained in related speech and language components that are used for reading such as: decoding, fluency, reading comprehension, syllable structure, letter sound awareness and sound production. Your SLP will provide the following reading readiness level assessment to determine your child's reading abilities and treat accordingly.
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Phonemic Awareness Inventory
Level 1
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Whole Word Discrimination – hearing if two words are the same or different.
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Rhyming Words- Recognition – identifying if two words rhyme.
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Rhyming Word- Application – Rhyming Words independently.
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Syllable Counting – Determining how many syllables in a word.
Level 2
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Syllable Segmentation – Breaking the Word down into Syllables.
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Oral Synthesis- Blending Speech Sounds.
Level 3
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Approximation – identifying is they hear sounds at the beginning, middle or end of the word.
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Phonemic Isolation – discerning which phoneme they hear at the beginning, middle or end of words.
Level 4
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Segmentation – separating the word into sounds.
Level 5
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Phonemic Deletion – Saying the word by leaving off the beginning or end sound.
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Phonemic Substitution – Replacing the first sound in the word with a given sound and identifying what the new word is.