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Experiences about Reading and Writing Development Narrated by Students with Severe Speech and Physical Impairment
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Atterström, Andrea; Malmqvist, Johan; Anderberg, Elsie; Swärd, Ann-Katrin – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2023
Earlier research shows an arrest in reading and writing development among 9-12-year-old students with severe speech and physical impairment, SSPI. This article explores what five students with SSPI who have reached beyond beginner's phase without arrest in their literacy development have experienced as significant for their reading and writing…
Descriptors: Reading Improvement, Writing Improvement, Students with Disabilities, Speech Impairments
Attitudes and Perceived Communicative Competence: The Impact of Different AAC Means of Communication among Italian Teenagers
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Radici, Elena; Heboyan, Vahé; Mantovani, Fabrizia; De Leo, Gianluca – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2022
People interact with individuals who use Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) based on personal attitudes and perceived communicative competence. The purpose of this study is to investigate how different means of communication, such as an iPad-based Speech Generating Device (SGD), a communication board, and natural speech influence the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intellectual Disability, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Adolescents
The Effect of an Augmented Input Intervention on Subtraction Word-Problem Solving for Children with Intellectual Disabilities: A Preliminary Study
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Naude, Tracy; Dada, Shakila; Bornman, Juan – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2022
Children with intellectual disabilities experience well-documented challenges in the development of problem-solving, particularly related to mathematical word-problem solving. Such challenges are related to both linguistic and conceptual skills. While interventions to assist children in developing conceptual skills are well reported, linguistic…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Children, Problem Solving, Subtraction
Acquisition, Preference and Follow-Up Comparison across Three AAC Modalities Taught to Two Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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McLay, Laurie; Schäfer, Martina C. M.; van der Meer, Larah; Couper, Llyween; McKenzie, Emma; O'Reilly, Mark F.; Lancioni, Giulio E.; Marschik, Peter B.; Sigafoos, Jeff; Sutherland, Dean – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2017
Identifying an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) method for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) might be informed by comparing their performance with, and preference for, a range of communication modalities. Towards this end, the present study involved two children with ASD who were taught to request the continuation of toy…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Children