This is called weak phonemic awareness. This weakness in phonological processing causes individuals to omit, substitute, and reverse sounds and letters within words. This is also a cause of difficulty in learning a second language. Many children and adults have difficulty judging sounds within words. Although they see letters correctly, they cannot detect and correct their errors in reading and spelling.
Individuals become aware of the mouth actions which produce speech sounds.
This awareness becomes the means of verifying sounds within words and enables individuals to become self-correcting in reading and spelling, and speech. It is common for individuals to gain several grade levels in decoding ability in four weeks to six weeks of intensive treatment, or to make further gains in speech-language after hitting a plateau under traditional speech therapy. Click here for more background information and dialog on the LiPS program. Click here for information on Treatment. Click here for information on Professional Development.