Publication Date
In 2025 | 0 |
Since 2024 | 1 |
Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 3 |
Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 8 |
Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 11 |
Descriptor
Source
Author
Alrusayni, Norah | 1 |
Alzrayer, Nouf M. | 1 |
Banda, Devender R. | 1 |
Benahmed, Yacine | 1 |
Correia, Secundino | 1 |
De Leo, Gianluca | 1 |
Delialioglu, Ömer | 1 |
Gevarter, Cindy | 1 |
Heboyan, Vahé | 1 |
Kaitlyn R. Shaw | 1 |
Keren E. Deneny | 1 |
More ▼ |
Publication Type
Reports - Research | 9 |
Journal Articles | 8 |
Tests/Questionnaires | 2 |
Dissertations/Theses -… | 1 |
Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
Speeches/Meeting Papers | 1 |
Education Level
Higher Education | 2 |
Postsecondary Education | 2 |
Grade 6 | 1 |
Audience
Teachers | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Miriam C. Boesch; M. Alexandra Da Fonte; Melissa J. Cavagnini; Kaitlyn R. Shaw; Keren E. Deneny; Margaret F. Davis – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2024
Students with complex communication needs have increasingly been using non-dedicated communication systems, such as mobile devices, to support their communication needs. This in turn, has led to an increased used of augmentative and alternative communication apps. The main challenge currently faced is the lack of empirically validated apps and…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Evaluation Methods, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Communication Disorders
Radici, Elena; Heboyan, Vahé; De Leo, Gianluca – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2023
In order to meet the communication needs of individuals who use Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices, communication partners are often responsible for the programming of the AAC devices. However, the prolonged learning time and operational demands of AAC devices are often barriers to an efficient use of time during a therapy…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Computer Oriented Programs, Vocabulary Development, Handheld Devices
Polat, Hamza; Delialioglu, Ömer – International Journal of Technology in Education, 2023
The literature has emphasized the positive impact of mobile technologies with augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) apps for enhancing the functional communication skills of individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Although various AAC apps are available, the system design of such apps presents assorted challenges, particularly…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
Gevarter, Cindy; O'Reilly, Mark F.; Sammarco, Nicolette; Watkins, Laci; Kuhn, Michelle; Sigafoos, Jeff – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2018
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of different speech-generating device displays and vocabulary organizations on the acquisition of multi-step requesting responses in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Four young children with ASD were taught to use an iPad® application to make requests using both a taxonomically…
Descriptors: Children, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Handheld Devices
Xin, Joy F.; Leonard, Deborah A. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2015
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of using an iPad to assist students with autism in learning communication skills. Three, 10 years old learners diagnosed with autism who present little or no functional speech, participated in the study. A multiple baseline design with AB phases across academic and social settings was used.…
Descriptors: Autism, Preadolescents, Intervention, Handheld Devices
Alzrayer, Nouf M.; Banda, Devender R. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2017
Students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have difficulties in communication that limit their opportunities to participate in daily living and educational activities. Augmentative alternative communication is one of the strategies used to strengthen the communication skills of students with limited communication skills. Students with ASD…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Communication Skills, Handheld Devices
Meeks, Jamy H. – Georgia Educational Researcher, 2017
With the increase in the number of students diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), it is imperative to determine productive interventions to enhance communication skills. Recent investigations regarding the use of speech generated devices (SGD), such as the Apple iPad, to communicate have been performed with mixed results (Flores,…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Computer Oriented Programs, Assistive Technology, Communication Skills
Wang, Erh-Hsuan – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Improving the quality of healthcare while simultaneously reducing its overall costs remains a challenge. One of the recommended approaches for achieving this goal is to build high quality data collection and reporting systems to facilitate evidence-based practice (EBP), which emphasizes the importance of using the solid evidence available to make…
Descriptors: Health Services, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Alrusayni, Norah – Online Submission, 2017
This study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of using the high-tech speech-generating device with Proloquo2Go app to reduce echolalic utterances in a student with autism during conversational speech. After observing that the iPad device with several apps was used by the students and that it served as a communication device, language…
Descriptors: Autism, Assistive Technology, Behavior Problems, Interviews
Correia, Secundino; Medeiros, Paula; Mendes, Mafalda; Silva, Margarida – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2013
We are in an innovation process for the development of a new generation of tools and resources for education and training throughout life, available in any platform, at anytime and place and in any language. The project TOPQX intends to congregate a set of theoretical and empirical resources that form a scientific base from which it will be…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Electronic Learning, Telecommunications
Selouani, Sid-Ahmed A.; Lê, Tang-Hô; Benahmed, Yacine; O'Shaughnessy, Douglas – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2008
This article presents systems that use speech technology, to emulate the one-on-one interaction a student can get from a virtual instructor. A web-based learning tool, the Learn IN Context (LINC+) system, designed and used in a real mixed-mode learning context for a computer (C++ language) programming course taught at the Université de Moncton…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Web Based Instruction, Foreign Countries, Technology Uses in Education