Developing a programme for training phonological awareness and assessment of its effectiveness on reading skills of elementary first graders with cochlear implant.

Background: The current study aimed to develop a comprehensive phonological awareness intervention to train all levels of phonological awareness skills and to investigate its effect on the reading abilities of cochlear implanted children.

Materials And Methods: This study was the single-subject intervention. Phonological awareness intervention programme was developed and validated by experts' opinions.

Developing a Persian test battery of prereading skills for screening Preschool-aged children.

The lack of screening test battery has made it difficult for early identification and intervention of Persian-speaking children with risk of reading problems prior to formal education. The purpose of this study was to develop and introduce a Persian prereading test battery based on the multidimensional reading perspective for screening preschool children. First, the predicators of reading skill and dyslexia along with the subscales of each predictor were identified through literature review and holding expert's panel.