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Mood, Deborah; Sheldon, Rose; Tabangin, Meredith; Wiley, Susan; Meinzen-Derr, Jareen – Deafness & Education International, 2022
Children who are deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) often demonstrate pragmatic language difficulties which can impact academic and social outcomes. This randomized control trial for DHH children, ages 3-12 years, explored the Technology-Assisted Language Intervention (TALI), incorporating augmentative and alternative communication technology (AAC)…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Children, Pragmatics
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Ganz, J. B.; Pustejovsky, James E.; Reichle, Joe; Vannest, Kimberly J.; Foster, Margaret; Pierson, Lauren M.; Wattanawongwan, Sanikan; Bernal, Armando J.; Chen, Man; Haas, April N.; Liao, Ching-Yi; Sallese, Mary Rose; Skov, Rachel; Smith, S. D. – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2023
This meta-analysis examined communication outcomes in single-case design studies of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) interventions and their relationship to participant characteristics. Variables addressed included chronological age, pre-intervention communication mode, productive repertoire, and pre-intervention imitation skills.…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Intervention, Age Differences, Individual Characteristics
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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
Kaitlyn Amanda Clarke – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Previous research by Williams, Siegel and Mazefsky (2018) investigated the relationship between verbal abilities and problem behaviors using data from the Autism Inpatient Collection (AIC). This research found a weak and inconsistent association between verbal abilities and problem behavior severity; however, adapting/coping scores were…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Behavior Problems, Children
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Meersman, Thomas; Mathieson, Kathleen – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2020
Objectives: This paper explores the relationship between speech therapy intensity and parent satisfaction with speech therapy (ST) in children with Phelan-McDermid Syndrome (P-MS), a rare genetic disorder. Methods: ST intensity ("ST Dose [minutes per session]") × ("ST Dose Frequency") × ("ST Length [years]") and…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Speech Therapy, Genetic Disorders, Outcomes of Treatment
Steinbrenner, Jessica R.; Hume, Kara; Odom, Samuel L.; Morin, Kristi L.; Nowell, Sallie W.; Tomaszewski, Brianne; Szendrey, Susan; McIntyre, Nancy S.; Yücesoy-Özkan, Serife; Savage, Melissa N. – FPG Child Development Institute, 2020
Autism is currently one of the most prominent and widely discussed human conditions. Its increased prevalence has intensified the demand for effective educational and therapeutic services, and intervention science is providing mounting evidence about practices that positively impact outcomes. The purpose of this report is to describe a set of…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Children
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Emms, Laila; Gardner, Hilary – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2010
The primary purpose of this study was to establish whether contrasting teaching methods had an effect on performance accuracy in the recall of graphic symbols. The secondary purpose was to establish whether the iconicity of symbols had an effect on performance accuracy. A direct symbol-teaching method and a contextual symbol-teaching method were…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Physical Disabilities, Program Effectiveness