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Concomitants of Success in Acquiring an Augmentative Communication System: Changes in Attention, Communication, and Sociability.
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Abrahamsen, Adele A.; And Others – American Journal of Mental Retardation, 1989
Ten children and adolescents with severe mental retardation were assigned in matched pairs to either a lexigram augmentative communication condition (graphic symbols) or a control condition (social stimulation). The three subjects who successfully acquired lexigrams also exhibited changes in attention, intentional communication, and sociability.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attention Control, Children, Cognitive Processes
Commentaries on Abrahamsen et al.
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American Journal of Mental Retardation, 1989
Three papers comment on a paper by Abrahamsen et al (EC 212 728) on concomitants of success in acquiring an augmentative communication system (AAC) by persons with severe mental retardation. Comments focus on design and methodological requirements, principles of AAC, and sequence and process in indirect aspects of communicative gains. (DB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attention Control, Children, Cognitive Processes