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Orange County Public Schools Orlando FL

Ronald BlockerSuperintendent

Cooking Up Preschool Literacy

Anna D. Diaz, Associate Superintendent

Janice Lemp, MS, CCC-SLP

Beth Rivera, MA, CCC-SLP

Challenge

To improve emergent language and literacy outcomes in

preschool children with disabilities in preparation for Kindergarten success.

Dialogic Reading ProgramRead It Again-PreK

Laura Justice, PhD. Anita Mc Ginty, PhD.

THANK YOU!!!

Methodology2009-2010

OCPS Speech Language Pathologists and Pre K varying exceptionalities teachers

collaborated to present

reading sessions to students with disabilities.

Collaboration In OCPS

• 268 children ages 3 to 5 years of age In PreK VE classes

• Eligible for exceptional education services in one or more areas of developmental delay

• Speech-Language Pathologist and Pre-K ESE teachers plan and implement the language and read aloud sessions

• Pre-K ESE Paraprofessionals

Collaboration In OCPS

Read It Again-PreK Correlates with

Florida PreK Standards

General Domains of RIA-PreK– Print Awareness– Phonological Awareness– Vocabulary– Narrative

Week 2 Week 12 Week 22

Acquiring 0.750400000000001

0.666300000000003

0.2991

Building 0.1903 0.333700000000001

0.334000000000002

Competent 0.0543000000000004

0.0739000000000001

0.367

5%

15%

25%

35%

45%

55%

65%

75%

85%

95%

Print Awareness

Week 2 Week 12 Week 22

Acquiring 0.796 0.666000000000001

0.438

Building 0.179 0.334 0.429

Competent 0.028 0.074 0.168

5%

15%

25%

35%

45%

55%

65%

75%

85%

95%

Vocabulary

Week 2 Week 12 Week 22

Acquiring 0.832000000000001

0.679000000000001

0.458

Building 0.133 0.253 0.327

Competent 0.034 0.068 0.215

5%

15%

25%

35%

45%

55%

65%

75%

85%

95%

Phonological Awareness

Week 2 Week 12 Week 22

Acquiring 0.867000000000001

0.728000000000001

0.552

Building 0.121 0.23 0.313

Competent 0.012 0.041 0.134

5%

15%

25%

35%

45%

55%

65%

75%

85%

95%

Narrative

Key Findings

Students made improvements in all four areas of emergent literacy from week 2 toweek 22.

Greatest improvements were made in Print Knowledge and Phonological Awareness.

Some students with disabilities demonstrated skills that demonstrated achievement state PreK standards.

References Reading Rockets, Grover J. (Russ) Whitehurst (1992)

Grover J. (Russ) Whitehurst (1992); http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/reports/early_ed/dial_read/ ; www.aea10.k12.ia.us/.../Dialogic%20Reading%20Powerpoint%20for%20State%20Roll-out.p...

What Work Clearinghouse, US Department of Education Institute of Education Success http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/reports/ece_cd/dialogic_reading/index.asp

Read it Again-Prek! Justice, Laura and Ginty, Anita http://www.myreaditagain.com/

Contact Information

Janice Lemp

Program Specialist

Preschool Disabilities

janice.lemp@ocps.net

Elizabeth Rivera

Sr. Administrator

Speech and Language Program

Elizabeth.rivera2@ocps.net