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Tiffany Chavers Edgar; Ralf W. Schlosser; Rajinder Koul – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2024
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) intervention package consisting of systematic instruction and aided AAC modeling with speech-output technology on the acquisition, maintenance, and generalization of socio-communicative behaviors in four minimally speaking,…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Preschool Children, Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Julie Koudys; Adrienne Perry; Carly Magnacca; Kristen McFee – Autism & Developmental Language Impairments, 2023
Background & aims: Although the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) has been demonstrated to be an effective intervention to teach people diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder a functional communication system, the research indicates variability in PECS outcomes across people and studies. Therefore, the purpose of the current study…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Program Effectiveness, Children
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Holyfield, Christine; Caron, Jessica; Lorah, Elizabeth; Norton, Bailey – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2023
Purpose: Students with multiple disabilities who are beginning communicators require augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) to communicate during school and participate in its academic and social aspects. Triadic gaze is a method for accessing low-tech AAC that minimizes physical demands on access for students with limited mobility, such…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Multiple Disabilities, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Program Effectiveness
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Bethune, Keri S.; Boyle, Jessica – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2023
This study evaluated acquisition, preference, and generalization of two forms of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) during functional communication training (FCT) with two students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Acquisition of FCT responses, using a picture-based communication system and speech-generating device (SGD; Apple…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Students with Disabilities, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Training
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Joginder Singh, Susheel; Suhumaran, Liora Veralyn; Skulski, Kati; Ahmad Rusli, Yazmin – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2022
Most speech-language pathologists (SLPs) in Malaysia practice with an undergraduate degree, which provides them with limited knowledge about and training in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). This limited knowledge and training may affect their confidence and competence when introducing and using AAC with individuals for whom it is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Speech Language Pathology, Allied Health Personnel, Augmentative and Alternative Communication
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Belisle, Jordan; Stanley, Caleb R.; Alholail, Amani M.; Galliford, Megan E.; Dixon, Mark R. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2019
The present study evaluated the efficacy of a set of procedures for bringing tact extensions of abstract tactile properties under stimulus control. Two participants with disabilities who communicated via a picture-based communication system received reinforcement for tacts of tactile properties of four wet/dry and four hard/soft stimuli. Test…
Descriptors: Autism, Down Syndrome, Stimuli, Tactual Perception
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Leonhartsberger, Sabine; Huber, Eva; Brandstötter, German; Stoeckel, Ruth; Baas, Becky; Weber, Christoph; Holzinger, Daniel – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2022
Motor learning principles guide treatment of childhood apraxia of speech (CAS). Previous studies found children to benefit from higher-intensity conditions; however, they did not control for the total amount of therapy time. The aims of the article are to examine the effects of high versus low treatment frequency in intervention for CAS in…
Descriptors: German, Outcomes of Treatment, Speech Therapy, Motor Development
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Huist, Andrea E.; McCarthy, John W.; Boster, Jamie B.; Benigno, Joann P. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2020
Young children who cannot use their natural speech to communicate their daily wants, needs, thoughts, and opinions often rely on augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) strategies that frequently use graphic symbols to assemble messages. Early intervention strategies typically focus on visual scene displays (VSDs) to place target messages…
Descriptors: Young Children, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Video Technology, Visual Stimuli
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Gevarter, Cindy; Horan, Keri; Sigafoos, Jeff – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2020
Purpose: Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and complex communication needs are increasingly taught to use tablet-based speech-generating devices (SGDs). An important issue in designing such interventions is the selection of an appropriate format for displaying vocabulary. The purpose of this study was to determine (a) whether young…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Intervention
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Binger, Cathy; Kent-Walsh, Jennifer; King, Marika; Webb, Eliza; Buenviaje, Elijia – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2017
Four 5-year-old children with receptive language within normal limits and who required augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) received instruction in producing six different semantic--syntactic structures (three treatment and three generalization targets). Participants accessed single-meaning graphic symbols using an AAC app on an iPad…
Descriptors: Sentences, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Semantics, Syntax
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Gevarter, Cindy; O'Reilly, Mark F.; Sammarco, Nicolette; Watkins, Laci; Kuhn, Michelle; Sigafoos, Jeff – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2018
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of different speech-generating device displays and vocabulary organizations on the acquisition of multi-step requesting responses in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Four young children with ASD were taught to use an iPad® application to make requests using both a taxonomically…
Descriptors: Children, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Handheld Devices
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Binger, Cathy; Kent-Walsh, Jennifer; King, Marika; Mansfield, Lindsay – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2017
Purpose: This study investigated the early rule-based sentence productions of 3- and 4-year-old children with severe speech disorders who used single-meaning graphic symbols to communicate. Method: Ten 3- and 4-year-olds requiring the use of augmentative and alternative communication, who had largely intact receptive language skills, received…
Descriptors: Sentences, Young Children, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Standards
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Soto, Gloria; Clarke, Michael T. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2017
Purpose: This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of a conversation-based intervention on the expressive vocabulary and grammatical skills of children with severe motor speech disorders and expressive language delay who use augmentative and alternative communication. Method: Eight children aged from 8 to 13 years participated in the study.…
Descriptors: Intervention, Expressive Language, Grammar, Severe Disabilities
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Ivy, Sarah E.; Hatton, Deborah D.; Hooper, Jonathan D. – Exceptional Children, 2014
Students with visual impairment (VI) were taught to request using the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) and tangible symbols. Participants were four males with additional disabilities, 5 to 11 years old, who had little to no functional vision. A functional relation between PECS Phase 1 and requesting was established using a multiple…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Pictorial Stimuli, Visual Impairments, Communication Strategies
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Waddington, Hannah; van der Meer, Larah; Carnett, Amarie; Sigafoos, Jeff – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2017
Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often have difficulty generalizing newly acquired communication skills to different contexts. In this study, a multiple baseline across settings (clinic, school, and home) design was used to determine whether an 8-year-old boy with ASD could learn to approach communication partners to request…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Communication Skills, Generalization
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