Rationale and Strategy: Growing up, my brother had a speech impediment and now, after completing three years of speech therapy, he speaks almost normally with grammatical errors/ phonological minimums. But his reading and reading comprehension are terrible. He does not understand what he is reading and sometimes has to read the same paragraph three times. I have seen him struggle from the beginning and I want to find ways that can help him with his reading. Therefore, I want to understand the connection between a speech delay and a child's reading skills. I will research why reading skills seem to be affected by a language disorder, then try to find an insight to help reading in children with this disorder. I will try my solution on my 10 year old brother who was diagnosed with a speech impediment at age 4. I want to find ways to help him because he is in fifth grade and reads at a minimum fourth grade reading level. I will research speech delays, especially childhood apraxia of speech, to better understand how they affect a child since speech disorders are not a major topic we learn about in the classroom. Then I will do some research on the reading level and skills of a 10 year old. I will observe my brother and compare his reading skills to what he should have for his age. I'll have my brother read six passages. Two stories that meet the grade 4 standards, two stories that meet the grade 5 standards, and then two passages that meet the grade 6 standards. He will read and answer the questions for a story for each grade level on his own, then read and answer to story questions for each grade level with my help. He will read the stories aloud and then answer the questions and if he needs help...... middle of paper...... hood Apraxia of speech. Retrieved November 18, 2013 Apela, K., & Lawrence, J. (2011). Contributions of morphological awareness skills to word-level reading and spelling in first-grade children with and without speech sound disorders. Journal Of Speech, Language & Hearing Research, 54(5), 1312-1327.doi:10.1044/1092-4388(2011/10-0115)Ferreira, J., Rönnberg, J., Gustafson, S., & Wengelin, A. (2007). Reading, why not?: Literacy skills in children with motor and language disorders. Communication DisordersQuarterly, 28(4), 236-251. Rvacew, S. (2007). Phonological processing and reading in children with speech sound disorders. American Journal Of Speech-Language Pathology, 16(3), 260-270.doi:10.1044/1058-0360(2007/030)Velleman, S. L. (2003). Childhood Apraxia of Speech Resource Guide. Clifton Park, New York: DelmarLearning.