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Effects of an AAC Feature on Decoding and Encoding Skills of Adults with Down Syndrome
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Christine Holyfield; Lauramarie Pope; Janice Light; Erik Jakobs; Emily Laubscher; David McNaughton; Olivia Pfaff – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2024
Literacy skills can assist in the navigation and enjoyment of adult life. For individuals who have reached adulthood without strong literacy skills, opportunities for continued literacy learning are few. Redesigning AAC technologies to support literacy skill development could extend literacy learning opportunities for adults with developmental…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Adults, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Speech Impairments
AAC & Literacy: A Scoping Review of Print Knowledge Measures for Students Who Use Aided Augmentative and Alternative Communication
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Sara C. Collins; Andrea Barton-Hulsey; Christy Timm-Fulkerson; Michelle C. S. Therrien – Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 2024
Understanding the early literacy abilities of children who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) is essential for designing and testing methods of reading intervention focused on printed orthography. School-based professionals need assessments that measure word reading skills of students with heterogenous speech and physical…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Reading Instruction, Reading Skills
Foundational Reading Interventions Adapted for Individuals Who Require Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC): A Systematic Review of the Research
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April M. Yorke; Jessica Gosnell Caron; Nina Pukys; Emily Sternad; Christina Grecol; Carley Shermak – Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 2021
The acquisition of reading skills is vital for all individuals given the ubiquitous influence of reading on academic outcomes and quality of life. Individuals with complex communication needs, requiring the supports of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), are often excluded from learning phonological approaches to literacy. Most…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Intervention, Phonological Awareness
Early Literacy Support for Students with Physical Disabilities and Complex Communication Needs
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Johnston, Susan S.; O'Keeffe, Breda V.; Stokes, Kristen – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2018
The ability to use written language to communicate receptively (i.e., reading) and expressively (i.e., writing) is important in school, work, and independent living. Students who struggle early with reading have difficulty catching up with their peers as they move through school and in academic areas that rely on reading proficiency. Individuals…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Physical Disabilities, Written Language, Reading Instruction
Effects of Systematic Instruction and an Augmentative Communication Device on Phonics Skills Acquisition for Students with Moderate Intellectual Disability Who Are Nonverbal
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Lynn Ahlgrim-Delzell; Diane Browder; Leah Wood – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2014
Percentages of correct responses to decoding probes (i.e., phoneme identification, blending phonemes to identify words, blending phonemes to identify pictures) were measured across three participants with moderate intellectual disability or autism in elementary school. Time delay and system of least prompts were used in conjunction with an AAC…
Descriptors: Moderate Mental Retardation, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Phonics, Skill Development
Systematic Instruction of Phonics Skills Using an iPad for Students with Developmental Disabilities Who Are AAC Users
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Lynn Ahlgrim-Delzell; Diane M. Browder; Leah Wood; Carol Stanger; Angela I. Preston; Amy Kemp-Inman – Journal of Special Education, 2016
A phonics-based reading curriculum in which students used an iPad to respond was created for students with developmental disabilities not able to verbally participate in traditional phonics instruction due to their use of augmentative and assistive communication. Time delay and a system of least prompts used in conjunction with text-to-speech…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Phonics, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications