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Rowland, Charity – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2011
Many children born with severe and multiple disabilities have complex communication needs and may use no speech or only minimal speech to communicate. Meaningful assessment of their expressive skills to identify communication strengths along a developmental trajectory is an essential first step toward appropriate intervention. This article…
Descriptors: Multiple Disabilities, Databases, Communication Skills, Severe Disabilities
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Lal, Rubina – Educational Research and Reviews, 2010
Teaching children with autism is a challenging task for educators and parents, as the children display marked deficits in language and social behaviors. One of the major goals of an intervention program for children with autism is to provide them a method of functional communication and ample opportunities to practice these skills. For some…
Descriptors: Special Schools, Intervention, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Social Behavior
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Heller, Kathryn Wolff; And Others – RE:view, 1996
This study evaluated the effectiveness and desirability of dual communication boards as receptive and expressive forms of communication by 3 deaf-blind students (ages 16-21) in community-based vocational instruction settings. One year after implementation, students and communication partners were successfully using the boards. Use of dual boards…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Communication Aids (for Disabled), Community Based Instruction (Disabilities), Deaf Blind