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Amarie Carnett; Bailey Devine; Einar Ingvarsson; Barbara Esch – Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
Core vocabulary is defined as "lexical items that are accepted as being central and indispensable to language use" (Bell, 2012, p. 1). Use of core vocabulary is common amongst professionals who teach augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) to individuals with disabilities. Although the use of AAC is often classified as an…
Descriptors: Vocabulary, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Intervention, Autism Spectrum Disorders
Edina Hanley; Caroline Dalton; Elaine Lehane; Anne-Marie Martin – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2025
Background: This study explores communication partners' perceptions of their roles and responsibilities in the design, planning and use of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) with individuals with severe/profound intellectual disability. Methods: A qualitative descriptive approach was used. Purposive sampling, data collection and…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Severe Intellectual Disability, Role
Matt Tincani; Matthew T. Brodhead; Art Dowdy – Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 2025
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is the branch of behavior science focused on solving problems of social significance. For over six decades, ABA researchers and practitioners have sought to improve the lives of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) through application of evidence-based supports. Influenced by the disability…
Descriptors: Applied Behavior Analysis, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Personal Autonomy
Christopher Tullis; Amarie Carnett – Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 2025
In both research and practice, gaining assent from participants is an ethical imperative in applied behavior analysis. Recent guidance for including assent-based procedures has been provided in the literature (Breaux & Smith, 2023). However, limitations for decision-making when working with individuals who have developmental disabilities and…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Communication Skills, Communication Problems
Marianne Elmquist; Becky Crowe; Sanikan Wattanawongwan; Joe Reichle; Lauren Pierson; Jessica Simacek; Ee Rea Hong; Ching-Yi Liao; J. Birdie Ganz – Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
Many children with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities benefit from augmentative and alternative communication strategies (AAC) to increase their communicative competency. Furthermore, caregiver-implemented AAC interventions are an effective and efficient strategy to improve communication outcomes. We reviewed the caregiver-implemented…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Intervention, Children, Intellectual Disability
Cameron R. Siegal – Journal of General Music Education, 2025
Of individuals with an intellectual disability, 1% are recognized as having a profound intellectual disability and commonly present at a mental age of roughly three years or below. While inclusive music education models and therapeutic models have received considerable attention, there is a scarcity of literature on music education for students…
Descriptors: Severe Intellectual Disability, Multiple Disabilities, Students with Disabilities, Music Education
Darvell, Cathy; Bradshaw, Jill – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2023
Background: Views on social care related quality of life (SCRQol) are typically gathered directly from individuals or from proxy informants. Easy-read options are available, although such methods may not be accessible to those with greater communication challenges. Methods: Fifteen people with intellectual disabilities were interviewed about their…
Descriptors: Adults, Intellectual Disability, Quality of Life, Satisfaction
Hanley, Edina; Martin, Anne-Marie; Dalton, Caroline; Lehane, Elaine – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2023
People with severe/profound intellectual disability experience challenges in communicating and require their communication partners to adapt to their means of communication. Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) is recognised as a potential means to meet their communication needs. Interventions need to be aimed at both the individual…
Descriptors: Severe Intellectual Disability, Interpersonal Communication, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Intervention
Sofia Wallin; Helena Hemmingsson; Gunilla Thunberg; Jenny Wilder – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2024
Most students with intellectual and communicative disability who rely on augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) attend non-inclusive school settings. Little is known about turn-taking and the use of various communication modes in groups of students and staff in this context. Previous studies on single students with intellectual…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Intellectual Disability, Interpersonal Communication
Dymond, Stacy K.; Rooney-Kron, Magen; Burke, Meghan M.; Agran, Martin – Journal of Special Education, 2020
This study investigated the relation between grade level, support needs, and use of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) and the participation of secondary age students with intellectual disability in school-sponsored extracurricular activities. Participants were special education teachers with at least one student with an intellectual…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Student Characteristics, Students with Disabilities, Student Participation
Laher, Zakiyya; Dada, Shakila – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2023
Aided language stimulation is an augmented input strategy that facilitates the expressive and receptive language skills of persons who require augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). The aim of this study was to determine and compare the acquisition of receptive vocabulary items during implementation of aided language stimulation with…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Receptive Language, Severe Intellectual Disability, Language Acquisition
Jane O'Regan Kleinert; Jaqueline F. Kearns; Judith L. Page; Harold L. Kleinert – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2023
Purpose: The purpose of this article was to conduct a systematic review of the literature on teaching or increasing the use of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) by students with significant intellectual disabilities and complex communication needs (CCNs) within inclusive school settings. Method: A systematic review of research…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Communication Disorders, Inclusion, Educational Research
Yuexin Zhang; Jinju Zhang; Jie Zhang; Margaret Sutherland; Siqi Huang – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2024
The Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) has been widely used to teach functional requesting and commenting skills to children with autism spectrum disorder. Some researchers also modified the PECS to explore its effect on children with other disabilities. The main purpose of this study was to add tangible symbols to PECS (PECS-TS) in…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Visual Impairments, Intellectual Disability, Communication Skills
Heather J. Forbes; Jason C. Travers; Jenee Vickers Johnson – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2024
The Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) is a popular augmentative and alternative communication intervention for individuals with developmental disabilities that includes six, sequential phases of instruction. We systematically reviewed published and unpublished single-case PECS studies for details about the percentage of participants…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Developmental Disabilities, Pictorial Stimuli, Program Effectiveness
J. B. Ganz; James E. Pustejovsky; Joe Reichle; Kimberly J. Vannest; Margaret Foster; Marcus C. Fuller; Lauren M. Pierson; Sanikan Wattanawongwan; Armando J. Bernal; Man Chen; April N. Haas; Rachel Skov; S. D. Smith; Valeria Yllades – Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
This meta-analysis reviews the literature on communication modes, communicative functions, and AAC type examined during interventions with school-age participants with ASD and/or ID who experience CCN. Considering potential differences related to outcomes taught could help identify the most effective means of individualizing AAC interventions. We…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Intellectual Disability, Augmentative and Alternative Communication