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Clarke, Zoë Charlotte; Judge, Simon; Fryer, Kate; Cunningham, Stuart; Toogood, Jonathan; Hawley, Mark S. – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2023
Few studies have investigated how individuals with partially intelligible speech choose to communicate, including how, when, and why they might use a speech-generating device (SGD). This study aimed to add to the literature by exploring how this group of individuals use different communication strategies. Qualitative interviews were carried out…
Descriptors: Intelligibility, Interpersonal Communication, Communication Strategies, Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Iacono, Teresa; Bould, Emma; Beadle-Brown, Julie; Bigby, Christine – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2019
Background: The aim was to explore the relationship between quality of active support and communication support for people in group homes with high and low support needs. Methods: Data from 182 service users, 20-81 years (mean = 40), 89 with high support needs, were observed to have either good (n = 142) or poor (n = 40) communication support.…
Descriptors: Adults, Needs, Communication Skills, Communication Problems
van der Meer, Larah; Waddington, Hannah; Sigafoos, Jeff; Balandin, Susan; Bravo, Alicia; Ogilvie, Emily; Matthews, Tamyra; Sawchak, Anastasia – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2017
Objectives: To evaluate the effects of a program for training direct-care staff to implement an iPad®-based communication intervention with adults with developmental disability and severe communication impairment. Methods: Participants were 11 adults with developmental disability and 19 direct-care staff drawn from two day program settings.…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Caregiver Training, Caregivers, Job Skills
Ganz, Jennifer B., Ed.; Simpson, Richard L., Ed. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2019
People who have both autism spectrum disorder and complex communication needs require specialized, multidisciplinary interventions and supports to boost their independence and quality of life. Find up-to-date, evidence-supported information and strategies in this book, the newest volume in the respected Augmentative and Alternative Communication…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Intervention
Lukac, Christina – Online Submission, 2017
The purpose of this study was to observe and implement strategies and adaptations in an arts program for adults with atypical communication due to developmental and intellectual disabilities. This study was conducted in the field using an action research approach with triangulated methods of data collection including semi-structured interviews,…
Descriptors: Adults, Developmental Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Semi Structured Interviews
Naylor, Anna C. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Individuals who have difficult-to-understand speech and minimal reading skills are often limited to icon or picture-based augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) strategies. However, basic phonemic awareness skills could make strategies such as alphabet supplementation, in which the speaker selects the first letter of words they are…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Communication Problems, Speech Impairments, Communication Strategies
Conklin, Carl G.; Mayer, G. Roy – Remedial and Special Education, 2011
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of "Picture Exchange Communication System" (PECS) training, using a multiple baseline design on the independent initiations of three adults with developmental disabilities and severe communication deficits. All participants increased their independent initiations, although at different…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Behavior Problems, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Adults
Wright, Sandra – ProQuest LLC, 2010
A repeated measures design was used to investigate the effect of group intervention on the teaching of partner-focused questions to people who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), and the perceived communicative competence before and after intervention of the AAC users. Six participants who had severe speech impairments…
Descriptors: Intervention, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Communication Problems, Developmental Disabilities