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McLean, Lee K.; And Others – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1996
Evaluation of questionnaires on the expressive communication skills of 211 individuals with severe mental retardation (including both children and adults in a variety of residential settings) revealed a wide range of communication abilities, with a significantly larger percentage of adults than children communicating at symbolic levels. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Children, Communication Skills
Peer reviewedSternberg, Les; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1987
Three profoundly retarded students (ages 6, 8, and 12) were taught prelanguage signalling behaviors (grasping the experimenter's finger and tapping the back of one hand with the other) to initiate co-active imitation behaviors with an adult. (JW)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Communication (Thought Transfer), Elementary Education, Expressive Language
Peer reviewedKozleski, Elizabeth B. – Exceptionality: A Research Journal, 1991
This study evaluated ease of learning 5 visual symbol sets (photopictorial, rebus, Blissymbolics, orthography, and Premack-type tokens) with 4 autistic students (ages 7-13). A second article describes the development of instructional procedures for the students, noting the contribution of behavioral, cognitive developmental, and information…
Descriptors: Autism, Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Expressive Language
