What are the areas of professional practice that capture my interest (this might be a disorder, anything relating to treatment or diagnosis, etc.)? With respect to this general topic, what would an essential question for me be? What do I already know about this topic? What don't I know about this topic?

I am interested in how early awareness to letters and rhymes can help a child to be a more advanced reader. I tutor first graders in reading and I notice that some of the kids that are having trouble also still write some of their letters backwards. This is really amazing to me and I would love to learn what correlation, if any exists between early phonological awareness and a child’s ability to read. Which leads me to my question:
How can early intervention of phonological awareness increase a child’s reading abilities?
I don’t know any concrete information about this topic. However, I’ve had experience with children in 422L and at work while tutoring. I think another area of interest for me would be to learn more about information processing in children with learning disabilities and how they would compare to children who are developing within normal limits.