The efficacy of a program based on Prompts for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets approach (PROMPT) to reduce middle Childhood Apraxia of speech
Research Abstract
The aim of the current research is to verify the efficacy of a program based on the Prompts for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets approach (PROMPT) to reduce middle childhood apraxia of speech. The research sample consisted of )16(boys and girls who suffer from moderate apraxia of speech. severity, which ranged in age between (7-9) years, with an average age of (7.93) and a standard deviation of (0.771), and the experimental approach was used, where the sample was divided into two experimental and control groups; each group consisted of (8) children (5 males, 3 females), and the research tools were: Stanford Benefit Scale for Intelligence, fifth image, Arabization and Coherence: Mahmoud Abu El-Nil Mahmoud Abu Al-Nil, Muhammad Taha, Abdel Mawgoud Abdel Samie,(2011), the Receptive and Expressive Skills Assessment Scale of the Arabic Language "REAL" Scale, prepared by Dalia Mostafa (2014), The Childhood Apraxia of Speech Severity Rating Scale, prepared by the researcher, and the training program based on the PROMPT approach, prepared by the researcher. Results revealed that there are statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the experimental group in the pre- and post-measurement of the severity of the apraxia of speech in favor of the post-measurement. The presence of statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the experimental and control groups by post-measurement in the severity of apraxia of speech in favor of the experimental group, which indicates the effectiveness of the program in reducing the severity of apraxia of speech in children, and the research results were discussed in the light of the literature, theoretical frameworks, and previous research and studies. A set of recommendations has been formulated.
Research Keywords
PROMPT, Apraxia of speech, Middle childhood, Training program