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Peer reviewedBraman, Beverly J.; And Others – Behavioral Disorders, 1995
Three children with autism who used facilitated communication were given sentence completion statements in which correct responses were either known or unknown to the facilitator. Responses were evaluated in relation to form accuracy (spelling) and content accuracy (correctness of answer). Results strongly suggest that the content of responses was…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Autism, Communication Aids (for Disabled), Communication Skills
Download full textDicarlo, Cynthia F.; Banajee, Meher – Journal of Early Intervention, 2000
A multiple baseline study evaluated effects of using voice output devices to facilitate communicative initiation behaviors of two young nonverbal children with developmental delays. Both children increased their specific initiations and decreased unclear initiations and adult prompted communication behaviors. Results support the use of…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Communication Aids (for Disabled), Developmental Delays, Expressive Language
Peer reviewedVazquez, Carol A. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1994
This study tested the validity of facilitated communication with 2 students (ages 10 and 12) with autism, using a picture identification task, video task, and object identification. Subjects were able to report information unknown to the facilitator in one out of four controlled sessions. Strong evidence for direct cuing between subject and…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Autism, Communication Aids (for Disabled), Communication Skills
Peer reviewedSmith, Marcia Datlow; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1994
Ten individuals (ages 14-51) with autism participated in 6 experimental facilitated communication sessions, 2 with no help, 2 with partial assistance, and 2 with full assistance. Within each session, the facilitator had knowledge of the experimental stimuli on half of the trials. Results revealed no cases of correct responding independent of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Autism
Peer reviewedRegal, Robert A.; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1994
Nineteen adults with developmental disabilities, judged competent in facilitated communication, participated in a validation study using an information passing design requiring short-term recall of stimulus cards with shapes, colors, and numbers. Results failed to validate facilitated communication for the group as a whole, any individual…
Descriptors: Adults, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Communication Aids (for Disabled), Communication Skills
Peer reviewedHeller, Kathryn Wolff; And Others – RE:view, 1996
This study evaluated the effectiveness and desirability of dual communication boards as receptive and expressive forms of communication by 3 deaf-blind students (ages 16-21) in community-based vocational instruction settings. One year after implementation, students and communication partners were successfully using the boards. Use of dual boards…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Communication Aids (for Disabled), Community Based Instruction (Disabilities), Deaf Blind
