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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

Language Use, Language Ability, and Language Development: Abstracts of Doctoral Dissertations Published in "Dissertation Abstracts International," July through December 1977 (Vol. 38 No. 1 through 6).

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ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1978

This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 27 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: facilitation of language development in disadvantaged preschool children; auditory-visual discrimination skills, language performance, and development of manual…

Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Black Youth, Child Language, Cognitive Processes