Speech-language pathology intervention proposal in a social project: preliminary study

Abstract

Introduction: This is a preliminary study about the insertion of Speech-Language Pathology in a social project, whose objectives were to carry out a speech-language intervention; raise speech-language demands related to written language and promote actions to stimulate language and learning. Description: Participated in the study children and adolescents with complaints of reading and writing difficulties sent by the institution’s coordination. Participants were probed about reading, writing, memory and phonological awareness. After the survey, 15 interventions were performed to stimulate phonological awareness, memory and written language. Participants were then reassessed in order to compare, verify, analyze and describe the results obtained. Of the 22 students with below-expected performance, only 6 participated in the interventions. When analyzing the group data before and after the stimulations, no statistically significant differences were found. Final Considerations: The social project provides sports and leisure activities for the students during the shift that they’re not at school. Throughout the study it was identified difficulty in adhering to the interventions with lack of motivation to attend the stimulation meetings. It was possible to raise the speech-language demands related to the written language and to promote the phonological awareness stimulation of the participants. It is necessary to organize the activities and the routine with a view to inserting Speech-language intervention without detriment to participation in other activities. Awareness should be given to those involved about the benefits of participating in the stimulation groups.