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Direct linkShakila Dada; Cathy Flores; Kirsty Bastable; Kerstin Tönsing; Alecia Samuels; Sourav Mukhopadhyay; Beatrice Isanda; Josephine Ohenewa Bampoe; Unati Stemela-Zali; Saira Banu Karim; Legini Moodley; Adele May; Refilwe Morwane; Katherine Smith; Rahab Mothapo; Mavis Mohuba; Maureen Casey; Zakiyya Laher; Nothando Mtungwa; Robyn Moore – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2024
Background: Over 8 million children with disabilities live in Africa and are candidates for augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), yet formal training for team members, such as speech-language therapists and special education teachers, is extremely limited. Only one university on the continent provides postgraduate degrees in AAC, and…
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Curriculum Development, Technology Uses in Education
Bunning, Karen; Alder, Ruth; Proudman, Lydia; Wyborn, Harriet – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2017
Background: Capturing the views of people with learning disabilities is not straightforward. Talking Mats® has been used successfully to solicit the views of such individuals. The aim was to co-produce an interview schedule using Talking Mats® on the subject of television-viewing habits and preferences of adults and young people with learning…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Television Viewing, Adults, Youth
Choi, Hayoung; O'Reilly, Mark; Sigafoos, Jeff; Lancioni, Giulio – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of teaching an integrated requesting-rejecting sequence. Four children with developmental disabilities were taught to request missing items and reject wrong items using either speech-generating devices (SGD) or picture-exchange (PE) communication. Data showed that the introduction of the…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Developmental Disabilities, Children, Evaluation
Smidt, Andy; Balandin, Susan; Sigafoos, Jeff; Reed, Vicki A. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2009
Background: Services employing staff to support people with disability usually provide training in a range of areas including communication and managing challenging behaviour. Given that such training can be costly and time-consuming, it is important to evaluate the evidence presented in support of such programs. Efficacy in clinical practice is…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Instructional Effectiveness, Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Peer reviewedSchlosser, Ralf W.; Blischak, Doreen M. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2001
This review of the literature synthesizes theory and research on the use of speech output communication aids to determine potential benefits for persons with autism. Although results suggest such aids are likely to be useful with this population, the paper urges research into the characteristics of synthetic speech in conjunction with the learning…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Autism, Communication Aids (for Disabled), Elementary Secondary Education
