Evaluating the Impact of Facilitated Communication on the Communicative Competence of Fourteen Students with Autism.

Bomba, Cheryl; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ519905

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1996

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Evaluating the Impact of Facilitated Communication on the Communicative Competence of Fourteen Students with Autism.

Bomba, Cheryl; And Others

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, v26 n1 p43-58 Feb 1996

Facilitated communication (FC) as an augmentative or alternative communication system was evaluated with 14 students having autism. At the end of 10 weeks of instruction, no participants were able to produce functional, typed communication, thereby failing to support the cause-effect relationship proposed by FC proponents. (DB)

Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Autism, Communication Aids (for Disabled), Communication Disorders, Instructional Effectiveness, Interpersonal Communication, Intervention, Outcomes of Treatment, Validity

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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