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The Effect of an Augmentative Communication Intervention on the Communication, Behavior, and Academic Program of an Adolescent with Autism.
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Cafiero, Joanne M. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2001
This article describes a classroom data based, total immersion, augmentative communication intervention with a nonverbal and behaviorally and cognitively challenged adolescent with autism. The use of a natural aided language approach and picture communication boards resulted in increases in communication and positive behaviors and participation in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Autism, Case Studies
What Every Educator Should Know about Landau-Kleffner Syndrome.
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Chapman, Tammy; Stormont, Melissa; McCathren, Rebecca – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 1998
Landau-Kleffner syndrome is characterized by difficulty in receptive or expressive language, abnormal electroencephalograms, and seizures. This article describes the primary and secondary characteristics of children with this syndrome and offers educators a framework for intervention techniques. These include using predictable language, creating…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Congenital Impairments, Elementary Secondary Education, Expressive Language