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Direct linkJane O'Regan Kleinert; Jaqueline F. Kearns; Judith L. Page; Harold L. Kleinert – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2023
Purpose: The purpose of this article was to conduct a systematic review of the literature on teaching or increasing the use of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) by students with significant intellectual disabilities and complex communication needs (CCNs) within inclusive school settings. Method: A systematic review of research…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Communication Disorders, Inclusion, Educational Research
Download full textBathobile Charity Ngcobo; Juan Bornman – South African Journal of Education, 2024
Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) strategies benefit learners with complex communication needs (CCN) by allowing them to participate, interact and learn. AAC is realised in the South African Education policy; however, research indicates that many teachers still have limited AAC knowledge. With this study we aimed to describe the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Special Education Teachers, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Communication Disorders
Aine M. Mooney Mahan; Allison Bean; Amy Miller Sonntag – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2024
Communicative competence for people who use augmentative and alternative communication consists of four interrelated domains: linguistic, strategic, social, and operational. Ongoing assessment and progress monitoring within these domains are crucial to (a) providing information to teach targeted skills in a manner contextualized within the…
Descriptors: Children, Students with Disabilities, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Assistive Technology
Yu-Hsin Hsieh; Mats Granlund; Ai-Wen Hwang; Helena Hemmingsson – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2024
Eye-gaze technology provides access to a computer through the control of eye movements, thus allowing students with severe motor and communication difficulties to communicate and participate in curriculum activities and leisure; however, few studies have investigated whether any challenges exist to its implementation. This study examines the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Eye Movements, Students with Disabilities, Communication Disorders
Michelle C. S. Therrien – Inclusion, 2021
Children with complex communication needs confront many barriers to peer interaction and, without intervention, are at risk for social isolation, even in inclusive classrooms. The aims of this pilot study were to determine the feasibility of training a preschool teacher to implement a peer interaction intervention and to measure the impact on the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Peer Relationship, Inclusion, Preschool Children
Kleinert, Harold L. – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2020
In this brief response to Agran et al., I provide data on the extent to which students with the most significant cognitive disabilities (i.e., those students participating in alternate assessments on alternate achievement standards) are separated educationally from their peers without disabilities. I further discuss additional factors that may be…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Severe Disabilities, Inclusion, Social Bias
