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Direct linkSigafoos, Jeff; Roche, Laura; O'Reilly, Mark F.; Lancioni, Giulio E.; Marschik, Peter B. – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2023
Due to loss of spoken language and resulting complex communication needs, people with Rett syndrome are obvious candidates for communication intervention. To advance evidence-based practice and guide future research efforts, we identified and summarized 16 communication intervention studies published since a previous 2009 review on this topic.…
Descriptors: Genetic Disorders, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Communication Skills, Evidence Based Practice
Andzik, Natalie R.; Cannella-Malone, Helen I.; Sigafoos, Jeff – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2016
Although functional communication training (FCT) is an effective intervention for increasing appropriate forms of communicative behaviors and decreasing inappropriate forms of communication (i.e., challenging behavior) in students with disabilities, its effectiveness might depend to some extent on the expertise of the interventionist. The purpose…
Descriptors: Functional Behavioral Assessment, Communication Skills, Intervention, Intellectual Disability
Peer reviewedSigafoos, Jeff – Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 2000
A study examined the relation between communication development and aberrant behavior in 13 preschool children with developmental disabilities. There was a strong inverse relation between communication ability and severity of aberrant behavior. Deficits in receptive language were more strongly associated with severe aberrant behavior, particularly…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Communication Disorders, Developmental Disabilities, Hyperactivity
Peer reviewedSigafoos, Jeff; Woodyatt, Gail; Keen, Deb; Tait, Kathleen; Tucker, Madonna; Roberts-Pennell, Donna; Pittendreigh, Nicole – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2000
The Inventory of Potential Communicative Acts (IPCA) was given to 20 children with developmental and physical disabilities. Results indicate the IPCA is an efficient means for collecting accurate, verifiable data of the potential communicative acts of children with severe communication impairment associated with a range of developmental and…
Descriptors: Children, Communication Disorders, Communication Skills, Disabilities
Sigafoos, Jeff – Educational Psychology, 2005
Educational and behavioural psychologists have made major contributions to the field of communication intervention for individuals with developmental and physical disabilities. A brief personal perspective is provided on some of the major works and contributors that have shaped the field over the past 25 years. Major contributions and personal…
Descriptors: Physical Disabilities, Developmental Disabilities, Communication Disorders, Interpersonal Communication
Peer reviewedKeen, Deb; Woodyatt, Gail; Sigafoos, Jeff – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2002
A study involving teachers of eight children with severe autism found they interpreted many gestures, body movements, and facial expressions as if these were forms of communication. Observation data indicate some of the communicative forms identified by the teachers were associated with the communicative functions that they specified. (Contains…
Descriptors: Autism, Body Language, Child Behavior, Child Development
