EFICÁCIA DE UM PROGRAMA DE CONSCIÊNCIA FONOLÓGICA NO PRÉ-ESCOLAR.

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a phonological awareness program in the preschool level, considering children with no pathologies. Two groups were created, control and experimental. Only the experimental group had access to the program ("Phonological Awareness Test", Castro, Alves, Correia & Soares, 2018). The other group followed the normative development according to the the preschool syllabus. There were two moments of assessment for both groups: an initial evaluation was conducted and a final evaluation after 12 sessions (12 weeks). Children enrolled in the Program of phonological awareness stimulation, attending to a specific number of sessions, showed better and significant results compared to the control group. This study suggests that children with access to stimulation at this level show better results, compared to children without access to the program, confirming the effectiveness of the Phonological Awareness Program in Preschool level as an early intervention tool for the language development, especially concerning the reading and writing skills. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]