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A Systematic Review of Interventions to Increase Peer Interactions for Students with Complex Communication Challenges
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Chung, Yun-Ching; Carter, Erik W.; Sisco, Lynn G. – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2012
Although positive peer relationships can facilitate the academic learning, skill development, and emotional well-being of students with complex communication challenges, few peer interactions are likely to take place in school settings apart from intentional intervention and support efforts. We conducted a systematic review to identify and examine…
Descriptors: Intervention, Adolescents, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Interaction
A Validated Case Study of Facilitated Communication.
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Weiss, Michael J. Salomon; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1996
The use of facilitated communication by a 13-year-old boy with autism, severe mental retardation, and a seizure disorder is described. Several specific answers given to questions about short stories the facilitator was not familiar with indicated that, not only did the subject originate his own responses, he also demonstrated simple inferential…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adolescents, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Autism
Time and Task Sampling Approach to Validation: A Quantitative Evaluation of Facilitated Communication Using Educational Computer Games.
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Olney, Marjorie F. – 1995
This study asked whether nine adolescent and adult facilitated communication users with autism could, in a facilitator-blind condition, respond accurately to stimuli presented on a computer screen, thus demonstrating that they are the sole authors of their communication. A time and task sampling method was used, in which various communication…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Autism
Facilitated Communication; The Effects of Facilitator Knowledge and Level of Assistance on Output.
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Smith, Marcia Datlow; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1994
Ten individuals (ages 14-51) with autism participated in 6 experimental facilitated communication sessions, 2 with no help, 2 with partial assistance, and 2 with full assistance. Within each session, the facilitator had knowledge of the experimental stimuli on half of the trials. Results revealed no cases of correct responding independent of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Autism
Impact of Facilitated Communication Combined with Direct Instruction on Academic Performance of Individuals with Autism.
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Myles, Brenda Smith; And Others – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 1996
This study evaluated the use of facilitated communication (FC) paired with a direct instructional strategy to improve the basic academic skills of 12 youths and young adults with autism. Results did not support use of FC as an educational tool, with subjects averaging below-chance performance in FC and both control conditions. (DB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Autism
A Case Study: Follow-Up Assessment of Facilitated Communication.
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Simon, Elliott W.; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1996
This study of an adolescent with multiple disabilities, including moderate mental retardation, who was reported to engage in validated facilitated communication (FC) found he did not engage in validated FC; performance was equivalent whether food or nonfood reinforcers were used; and the Picture Exchange Communication System was a valid and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Case Studies, Communication Aids (for Disabled)