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Melinda R. Snodgrass; Sarah N. Douglas; Virginia L. Walker; Yun-Ching Chung – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2024
Despite advances in the field of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), outcomes among children who require AAC remain discouraging. Practitioners may benefit from guidelines to aid decision-making in relation to supporting pre-linguistic communicators. We conducted an open-ended questionnaire of 30 AAC professionals from six…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Decision Making, Evaluation, Communication Skills
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Clarke, Zoë Charlotte; Judge, Simon; Fryer, Kate; Cunningham, Stuart; Toogood, Jonathan; Hawley, Mark S. – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2023
Few studies have investigated how individuals with partially intelligible speech choose to communicate, including how, when, and why they might use a speech-generating device (SGD). This study aimed to add to the literature by exploring how this group of individuals use different communication strategies. Qualitative interviews were carried out…
Descriptors: Intelligibility, Interpersonal Communication, Communication Strategies, Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Van Tubbergen, Marie; Omichinski, Donna; Warschausky, Seth – Exceptional Parent, 2007
Communication can be difficult for children with conditions such as cerebral palsy because of speech and physical impairments. For this group of children, choice-making is often limited to choices of personal preferences; however, preferences do not reveal intellectual abilities. Therefore, choice-making should be presented to these children in…
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Self Determination, Decision Making, Severe Disabilities