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Dada, Shakila; Tonsing, Kerstin; Goldbart, Juliet – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2022
Background: Friendship is a crucial relationship for young adults with disabilities as it offers practical support and enjoyment, and it is essential to well-being and health. The present study examined the friendships of young adults with physical disabilities whose challenges with natural speech necessitate the use of augmentative and…
Descriptors: Friendship, Young Adults, Physical Disabilities, Augmentative and Alternative Communication
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Bean, Allison; Williams, Whitney; Cargill, Lindsey Paden; Lyle, Samantha; Sonntag, Amy Miller – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022
Purpose: Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) use prompting hierarchies to facilitate learning and monitor treatment progress. When working with people who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), SLPs typically use physical assistance to prompt motor learning. However, there is currently no standardization regarding the number of…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Prompting, Intervention
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Shahar-Lahav, Ravit; Sher-Censor, Efrat; Hebel, Orly – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2022
Emotional availability in parent-child interactions fosters children's socioemotional development. Little is known about the emotional availability of parents and children with profound motor disabilities and complex communication needs or the contributions of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) to emotional availability. To begin…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Emotional Response, Physical Disabilities
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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
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Lindenschot, Marieke; de Groot, Imelda J. M.; Nijhuis-van der Sanden, Maria W. G.; Steultjens, Esther M. J.; Koene, Saskia; Graff, Maud J. L. – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2022
In pediatric health care there is increasing attention for a child-centered approach, also referred to as personalized care (Coyne, Hallstrom, & Soderback, 2016). In this care it is essential to assess personal relevant functioning, hence, to explore which activities are important for a child and to assess the quality of performance of these…
Descriptors: Intervention, Intellectual Disability, Communication Disorders, Multiple Disabilities
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Ostryn, Cheryl – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2021
Spinal Muscular Atrophy is a genetic, degenerative disorder, in which individuals become unable to engage in typical motor activities, including speech. The outcome for the most common type of SMA (Type 1), has previously been death before the age of 2, but new medical improvements are showing promising results for life longevity. Research has…
Descriptors: Genetic Disorders, Neurological Impairments, Communication Skills, Physical Disabilities
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Cler, Gabriel J.; Kolin, Katharine R.; Noordzij, Jacob P.; Vojtech, Jennifer M.; Fager, Susan K.; Stepp, Cara E. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2019
Purpose: We empirically assessed the results of computational optimization and prediction in communication interfaces that were designed to allow individuals with severe motor speech disorders to select phonemes and generate speech output. Method: Interface layouts were either random or optimized, in which phoneme targets that were likely to be…
Descriptors: Phonemics, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Physical Disabilities, Prediction
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Harris, Joe; Crawford, Lindy – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2022
Authors share an initial exploration of the pedagogy practiced at The Camphill School, specifically in relation to the integration of technology into its program. An approved private school situated in rural Pennsylvania, which caters to students on the autism spectrum, and others with different or additional physical and developmental…
Descriptors: Special Schools, Students with Disabilities, Private Schools, Special Education
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Vidal, Verónica; McAllister, Anita; DeThorne, Laura – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2020
Purpose: The present clinical focus draws on an intrinsic case study to provide a thick description of the communication profile of John, a 9-year-old minimally verbal autistic student. Method: Specifically, traditional behavioral assessments, classroom video observations, and semistructured interviews were used to gather information regarding…
Descriptors: Children, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Communication Skills
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Sanders, Eric J.; Page, Thomas A.; Lesher, Deborah – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine confidence levels and identify predictors of increased confidence of school-based speech-language pathologists (SLPs) relative to different aspects of the augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) assessment process. Method: Surveys were completed by 272 school-based SLPs. Questions were…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Allied Health Personnel, School Personnel, Augmentative and Alternative Communication
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Johnston, Susan S.; O'Keeffe, Breda V.; Stokes, Kristen – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2018
The ability to use written language to communicate receptively (i.e., reading) and expressively (i.e., writing) is important in school, work, and independent living. Students who struggle early with reading have difficulty catching up with their peers as they move through school and in academic areas that rely on reading proficiency. Individuals…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Physical Disabilities, Written Language, Reading Instruction
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Stauter, Donna W.; Myers, Sarah R.; Classen, Audra I. – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2017
Children with severe speech and physical impairment who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) present unique challenges in literacy development. Traditional reading instruction has not met these students' needs. Occupational therapy and speech therapy provide supports to mediate limitations to literacy instruction. A systematic…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Speech Impairments, Physical Disabilities, Severe Disabilities
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Soto, Gloria; Clarke, Michael T. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2017
Purpose: This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of a conversation-based intervention on the expressive vocabulary and grammatical skills of children with severe motor speech disorders and expressive language delay who use augmentative and alternative communication. Method: Eight children aged from 8 to 13 years participated in the study.…
Descriptors: Intervention, Expressive Language, Grammar, Severe Disabilities
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Sigurd Pilesjö, Maja; Norén, Niklas – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2017
This Conversation Analysis study investigated how a speech and language therapist (SLT) created opportunities for communication aid use in multiparty conversation. An SLT interacted with a child with multiple disabilities and her grandparents in a home setting, using a bliss board. The analyses demonstrated a practice where the SLT employed…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Allied Health Personnel, Communication Strategies, Multiple Disabilities
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Cox, Amy Swartz; Clark, Denise M.; Skoning, Stacey N.; Wegner, Theresa M.; Muwana, Florence C. – Exceptionality Education International, 2015
This study examined the effects of using sensory, augmentative, and alternative communication (AAC), and supportive communication strategies on the rate and type of communication used by three students with severe speech and motor impairments (SSMI). Using a multiple baseline across behaviour design with sensory and AAC intervention phases,…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Speech Impairments, Physical Disabilities, Video Technology
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