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Direct linkMuttiah, Nimisha; Drager, Kathryn D. R.; Beale, Bethany; Bongo, Hailey; Riley, Lindsay – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2022
Young children with complex communication needs are often severely restricted in their ability to communicate and develop language skills. A major barrier preventing these children from accessing communication is a lack of appropriate means to communicate. The present study investigated the implementation of nonelectronic visual scene displays…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Pictorial Stimuli, Preschool Children, Semantics
Tiantian Sun – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Background: Accurate and meaningful assessment of language and communication skills to monitor child progress is the cornerstone to appropriate intervention for children with complex communication needs (CCN; Brady et al., 2016; Rowland et al., 2012). Despite this need, there is a lack of high quality and validated measurement of young children…
Descriptors: Needs Assessment, Language Skills, Communication Skills, Young Children
Rebstock, Alicia M.; Wallace, Sarah E. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2020
Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a neurodegenerative condition characterized by language and cognitive decline. Word-retrieval deficits are the most common PPA symptom and contribute to impaired spoken expression. Intense semantic interventions show promise for improving word retrieval in people with PPA. In addition, people with PPA may learn…
Descriptors: Semantics, Aphasia, Language Processing, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Sennott, Samuel C.; Light, Janice C.; McNaughton, David – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2016
A systematic review of research on the effects of interventions that include communication partner modeling of aided augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) on the language acquisition of individuals with complex communication needs was conducted. Included studies incorporated AAC modeling as a primary component of the intervention,…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Language Acquisition, Literature Reviews, Case Studies
Calculator, Stephen N. – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2009
This paper examines the role of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) in fostering the successful inclusion of students with the most severe disabilities in general education. Best practices in AAC are identified and multiple examples of their implementation are presented. Particular emphasis is placed on the need to integrate AAC into…
Descriptors: Inclusive Schools, General Education, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Mainstreaming
Farias, Dana; Davis, Christine; Harrington, Gregory – Brain and Language, 2006
Drawing in aphasia therapy has been used predominately as a substitution for speech or to augment communication when other modalities are non-functional. The value of drawing as a route for facilitating verbal expression has not been a focus of prior research. We compared the usefulness of drawing and writing as compensatory strategies for…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Speech Therapy, Freehand Drawing, Writing (Composition)
