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Dorney, Kathryn E.; Erickson, Karen – Exceptionality Education International, 2019
This study examined the changes in the communication skills of preschool students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) that resulted from an intervention that featured three evidence-based, transactional approaches to augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) intervention: (a) attributing communicative meaning to student behaviours; (b)…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Assistive Technology, Intervention, Preschool Children
Magnusson, Maria; Pramling, Niklas – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2011
In this empirical study, the appropriation of a symbolic skill by a five-year old child is analysed. His evolving production and understanding are investigated through his sign-making and his explanations of these when speaking with a researcher. The child is studied in his home. A contrasting case of another child of the same age also making…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Semiotics, Symbolic Language, Communication Skills
Joginder Singh, Susheel; Iacono, Teresa; Gray, Kylie M. – Journal of Early Intervention, 2014
Children with Down syndrome (DS) and cerebral palsy (CP) are at risk of remaining pre-symbolic in their communication and play for prolonged periods. The aim of this study was to explore the early communication and play of children with DS and with CP who communicated at the pre-symbolic stage, and to determine the association between these…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, Foreign Countries, Communication Skills
Malloy, Peggy – National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness, 2008
Language involves the use of symbols in the form of words or signs that allow people to communicate their thoughts, ideas, and needs. Even without formal language, many children who are deaf-blind learn to communicate with gestures and object or picture symbols. Symbolic expression makes it possible to express thoughts and feelings about the…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Deafness, Language Acquisition, Deaf Blind