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Review of Methods for Conducting Speech Research with Minimally Verbal Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Chenausky, Karen V.; Maffei, Marc; Tager-Flusberg, Helen; Green, Jordan R. – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2023
The purpose of this paper was to review best-practice methods of collecting and analyzing speech production data from minimally verbal autistic speakers. Data on speech production data in minimally verbal individuals are valuable for a variety of purposes, including phenotyping, clinical assessment, and treatment monitoring. Both perceptual…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Data Collection, Speech Communication, Augmentative and Alternative Communication
The Usability of an AAC Pain Description System for Patients with Acquired Expressive Communication Disorders
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Kuo, Chen-li; Tsai, Tsai-Hsuan; Tung, Shen-Mei; Lin, Yueh-E – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2023
Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) has been used by patients with acquired expressive communication disorders as an alternative to natural speech. The use of symbols to express pain, which is intangible, is challenging because designing a series of comprehensible symbols to represent personal experiences such as pain is not…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Pain, Chinese, Telecommunications
The Domesday Dataset: Linked Open Data in Disability Studies
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Reddington, Joseph – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2013
Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices provide the ability for many people with disabilities to make themselves understood. For the large proportion of users with an intellectual disability, these devices may be their only means of communication. Estimates of the number of AAC devices in use are vague and lack transparency. This…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Intellectual Disability, Data, Foreign Countries
Maximizing ESY Services: Teaching Pre-Service Teachers to Assess Communication Skills and Implement Picture Exchange with Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Developmental Disabilities
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Hill, Doris Adams; Flores, Margaret M.; Kearley, Regina F. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2014
The authors supervised and trained pre-service teachers while conducting extended school year (ESY) services for pre-kindergarten and elementary students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other developmental disabilities (DD). Each classroom was responsible for conducting communication assessments and developing interventions focused on…
Descriptors: Extended School Year, Preservice Teachers, Kindergarten, Elementary School Students
Insights into Communication Intervention and AAC in South India: A Mixed-Methods Study
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Srinivasan, Saranya; Mathew, Samuel N.; Lloyd, Lyle L. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2011
This study investigated current trends in communication intervention and augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) in southern India through a mixed-methods design. Study participants (N = 18) were special educators, speech-language pathologists, and behavior therapists. Responses from the questionnaire were quantitatively analyzed.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Data Collection, Special Needs Students
Augmentative and Alternative Communication and Language: Evidence-Based Practice and Language Activity Monitoring
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Hill, Katya – Topics in Language Disorders, 2004
The goal of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) is the most effective communication possible. Speech-language pathologists are obligated to collect data, measure communication, and apply the principles of evidence-based practice (EBP). This article presents a model for EBP that represents how collecting and evaluating performance data…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization