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Speaking Partners' Talk in Transitions between Symbols in Conversations that Use Speech-Output Technologies
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Irina Savolainen – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2024
Aided conversations differ from spoken ones in their transitions between turns and symbols because seeking and choosing symbols takes more time than speaking words naturally. This study adopted the concepts and principles of conversation analysis (CA) to analyze the transitions between symbols during the construction of aided turns. The data was…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Mothers, Sons, Augmentative and Alternative Communication
The Effect of Non-Verbal Working Memory on Graphic Symbol Selection
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Shin, Sangeun; Park, HyunJu – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2022
To identify the relationship between non-verbal working memory and graphic symbol selection, this study examined whether the response time to select target symbols in a sentence construction task differed between two groups: a high non-verbal working memory group and a low non-verbal working memory group. The interaction effect between non-verbal…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Ability, Short Term Memory, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Visual Aids
Transactions within a Classroom-Based AAC Intervention Targeting Preschool Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Mixed-Methods Investigation
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Dorney, Kathryn E.; Erickson, Karen – Exceptionality Education International, 2019
This study examined the changes in the communication skills of preschool students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) that resulted from an intervention that featured three evidence-based, transactional approaches to augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) intervention: (a) attributing communicative meaning to student behaviours; (b)…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Assistive Technology, Intervention, Preschool Children
Symbolic Communication Forms in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Braddock, Barbara A.; Armbrecht, Eric S. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2016
The aim of this study was to examine how early symbolic forms (and their associated communicative functions) are related to change in communication among a sample of 12 young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who produced two or fewer spoken words ("M" age = 28.75 months; 11 male, 1 female). Parents reported on children's…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Young Children, Communication Disorders
"No Shoes; They Walked Away?": Effects of Enhancements on Learning and Using Blissymbols by Normal 3-Year-Old Children.
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Raghavendra, Parimala; Fristoe, Macalyne – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1995
Forty 3-year-olds learned either 12 standard Blissymbols (SBS) or their enhanced forms (EBS). Results demonstrated that the subjects learned EBS faster than SBS, remembered more EBS than SBS, did not differ in the communicative use of SBS and EBS, and were affected more negatively when presented with the untrained SBS than EBS. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Preschool Education, Retention (Psychology), Symbolic Language
Mapping the Meanings of Novel Visual Symbols by Youth with Moderate or Severe Mental Retardation.
Romski, Mary Ann; And Others – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1996
The word-learning ability of 12 school-age subjects with moderate or severe mental retardation was assessed. Subjects used the System for Augmenting Language with visual-graphic symbols for communication. Ability to fast map novel symbols was found to relate to symbol achievement status. Implications for vocabulary acquisition by youth with mental…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Cognitive Processes, Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education