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Making Meaning with AAC: Examining Interactions between Exemplary AAC SLPs and Children Who Use AAC
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Danielle T. Nader – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) technologies for children with complex communication needs (CCN) can improve communication skills, increase autonomy, promote social closeness, and enhance meaningful participation in a variety of social contexts. However, access to AAC technologies is insufficient. Successful use of AAC…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Assistive Technology, Interaction, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Embedding Peer-Implemented Aided AAC Modeling within a Peer Network Intervention for Students with Complex Communication Needs
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Biggs, Elizabeth Erin – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Communication is a fundamental right for all people (Brady et al., 2016; United Nations, 2008). Everyone needs opportunities, encouragement, and support to develop communication that empowers them to participate in society, express their needs and ideas, and build relationships with others. However, many students with severe disabilities…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Assistive Technology, Severe Disabilities, Interaction
Teaching Communicative Turn Taking Using the IPAD© to Promote Social Interaction for Preschool Children with Complex Communication Needs and Their Peers
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Therrien, Michelle Christine Stephen – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Positive interactions with peers impact future success in many domains, including language development and relationship development. Children with complex communication needs (CCN), especially those with characteristics of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), confront many barriers to successful interactions with peers. These include personal barriers,…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Interaction, Communication Problems, Autism
Moments of Meeting: Difficulties and Developments in Shared Attention, Interaction, and Communication with Children with Autism during Two Years of Music Therapy in a Public Preschool Class
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Barnes, Geoffrey Prescott – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Drawing upon video recordings over two years, teacher interviews, school reports, and field notes, this practitioner research study described and analyzed 16 video excerpts from a music therapy group in a public preschool class serving 14 children with autism, for durations ranging from two to sixteen months. The research centered on three of the…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Verbal Communication, Nonverbal Communication, Music