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Mirenda, Pat; Schuler, Adriana L. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1988
The article reviews issues related to the cognitive styles, processing modes, and learning strengths and weaknesses that should be considered when selecting augmentative and alternative communication techniques for persons with autism. Stressed is the need to change communication techniques to accommodate the expanding needs and capabilities of…
Descriptors: Autism, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Communication Disorders

Kovarsky, Dana; Maxwell, Madeline M. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1992
This article describes communicative norms associated with two clinical discourse styles (adult centered and child centered) and explores the ethnographic concepts of thick description and indefinite triangulation in utterance interpretations. Clinicians are urged to evaluate client utterances from multiple communicative perspectives. (DB)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Disorders, Ethnography, Expectation

Doherty, Mairin; Hummel, Lauren J. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1990
The article offers an exploratory analysis of three conceptual models used in psychiatry. Through a case presentation, the article demonstrates each model's basic premises and implications. Patterns of speech, language, and communication impairment should be investigated from all three perspectives: biodynamic, psychodynamic, and sociodynamic.…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Case Studies, Clinical Diagnosis, Communication Disorders

DePompei, Roberta; Williams, Janet – Topics in Language Disorders, 1994
This article presents a family-centered perspective in rehabilitation of individuals with cognitive-communicative impairments following traumatic brain injury (TBI). The approach focuses on capacity rather than dysfunction in families and includes family members as collaborators in rehabilitation. Suggestions for understanding family responses to…
Descriptors: Communication Disorders, Counseling Techniques, Family Involvement, Head Injuries

Patton, Michael; Westby, Carol – Topics in Language Disorders, 1992
This article describes the functions of ethnography and the primary themes that form the foundation for qualitative inquiry generally and ethnography specifically, as applied in the fields of education and communication disorders. Quantitative and qualitative methods are compared for inquiry conditions, analysis, researcher's role, orientation,…
Descriptors: Communication Disorders, Ethnography, Language Handicaps, Qualitative Research

Mastergeorge, Ann M. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2001
This article urges a shift in intervention approaches with students who have communication disorders to include sociocultural activities. Data reported support the integration of sociocultural learning and apprenticeship in the current paradigm of intervention practices. Discussion considers intervention practices as development in context,…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Communication Disorders, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods

DeFrancisco, Victoria Leto – Topics in Language Disorders, 1992
This article identifies key issues in gender communication including gender as a primary social category; how to best understand gender; the role of gender stereotypes in communication; and socially created gender differences. Ethnographic research methods are seen to be particularly appropriate for investigating gender communication. (DB)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Disorders, Cultural Influences, Ethnography

Donnellan, Anne M.; And Others – Topics in Language Disorders, 1992
This paper discusses issues and research questions about facilitated communication that emerge from examining separately its components of physical touch and the written word. It describes the experiences of two adolescents (diagnosed as autistic and severely retarded) with facilitated communication, the role of touch as a teaching method, and the…
Descriptors: Autism, Communication Disorders, Communication Skills, Interpersonal Communication

Topics in Language Disorders, 1992
The validity of facilitated communication's effects are viewed from three perspectives, labeled as the plausible perspective, which is unexpected literacy; the skeptical perspective, which claims that social-communicative variables unintentionally influence intervention outcomes; and the enigmatic perspective, which neither rejects outright the…
Descriptors: Communication Disorders, Communication Skills, Influences, Interpersonal Communication

Coufal, Kathy L. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1993
This article offers a working definition and an overview of the critical components of collaborative consultation, including theoretical foundations, competencies, and model components. It focuses on the role of the speech language pathologist within various models and as a participant in a five-step problem-solving procedure. (DB)
Descriptors: Communication Disorders, Consultation Programs, Definitions, Interdisciplinary Approach

Duchan, Judith Felson – Topics in Language Disorders, 1997
This article proposes the application of a situated pragmatics (also known as community-based training or activity-based intervention) approach to intervention with children having severe communication disorders. Models for this approach have been developed by the World Health Organization and specialists in alternative and augmentative…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Communication Disorders, Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education

Ylvisaker, Mark; Feeney, Timothy J. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1994
This article presents an intervention framework in which speech-language pathologists and behavioral psychologists view the challenging behaviors of individuals with traumatic brain injury from a communication perspective and address these problems in a way that is positive, integrated, functional, collaborative, and environmental. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Behavioral Sciences, Behaviorism, Communication Disorders

Ingram, David – Topics in Language Disorders, 1998
Addresses three relationships between research and practice in speech-language pathology: (1) shared-interest communication; (2) research-driven communication; and (3) practice-driven communication. Recommendations for developing effective communication are offered. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Disorders, Communication Problems, Information Transfer

Holland, Audrey L. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1998
Examines factors influencing research-practice gaps in the assessment and treatment of adults with neurologic communication disorders. Both researchers and clinicians are urged to learn alternative research strategies, build partnerships, and take advantage of new information technologies. Strategies are suggested for directly applying, adapting,…
Descriptors: Adults, Communication Disorders, Evaluation Methods, Interprofessional Relationship

McNaughton, Shirley – Topics in Language Disorders, 1993
This article explores the effect of augmentative and alternative communication systems on literacy acquisition by young children with severe speech and physical impairments. The possibility of a relationship between the type of graphic symbols used for communication as a preschooler and the child's early reading competency is considered. (DB)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Child Development, Communication Disorders, Early Childhood Education
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