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Peer reviewedDowning, June E.; Siegel-Causey, Ellin – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1988
The article addresses the need to identify the unconventional, nonsymbolic behaviors of children with severe, multiple disabilities. Suggestions for improving the frequency and quality of communicative interactions by building on the child's current behavioral repertoire. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Communication Disorders, Communication Skills, Interaction Process Analysis, Multiple Disabilities
Wetherby, Amy M.; Prizant, Barry M. – Journal of Childhood Communication Disorders, 1993
This article discusses strategies for sampling communication and symbolic abilities in young children who are not yet talking or who are at early language stages, placing emphasis on caregiver involvement. The paper points out that profiling a young child's communication and symbolic abilities can contribute to the early identification of language…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Early Identification, Evaluation Methods, Handicap Identification
