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Working with Children with Cortical Visual Impairment Who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Implications for Improving Current Practice
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Luo, Fei; Blackstone, Sarah W.; Canchola, Jesse; Roman-Lantzy, Christine – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2022
The aim of this study was to describe how professionals from multiple disciplines (e.g., speech-language pathologists, teachers, occupational therapists) in the United States reported challenges they face in delivering services to children with cortical visual impairment (CVI) who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). Three surveys…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Children, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Barriers
Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS). EBP Brief Packet
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Sam, A. – National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2016
Similar to sign language and picture boards, Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) is an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) system. AAC systems are used to help individuals who do not have typical verbal skills to communicate with others. PECS is a behavior based intervention that teaches the learner to use visual-graphic…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Pictorial Stimuli, Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Educational Interventions for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Perceptions of Parents and Teachers in a Northeast Tennessee School System
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Nickels, Paula Anderson – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This qualitative case study investigated the perceptions of parents of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), special education teachers, and general education teachers in a Northeast Tennessee public school system regarding educational interventions for children with ASD including what interventions they have found effective, the barriers…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Early Intervention, General Education, Augmentative and Alternative Communication