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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
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Bonnie K. Slavych; Samuel R. Atcherson; Richard Zraick – Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 2024
Purpose: This article explores the potential of using ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence--powered chatbot, as a tool to teach plain language writing to students in communication sciences and disorders (CSD). It addresses the importance of plain language writing in health care communication and identifies the challenges faced by graduate students…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Software, Synchronous Communication, Written Language
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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 We systematically reviewed published and unpublished single-case PECS studies for details about the percentage of participants…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