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Efficacy Study of a Social Communication and Self-Regulation Intervention for School-Age Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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Nowell, Sallie W.; Watson, Linda R.; Boyd, Brian; Klinger, Laura G. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2019
Purpose: This study aimed to examine the initial efficacy of a parent-assisted blended intervention combining components of Structured TEACCHing and Social Thinking, designed to increase social communication and self-regulation concept knowledge in 1st and 2nd graders (n = 17) diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their parents.…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Competence, Self Control, Metacognition
Efficacy Study of a Social Communication and Self-Regulation Intervention for School-Age Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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Nowell, Sallie W.; Watson, Linda R.; Boyd, Brian; Klinger, Laura G. – Grantee Submission, 2019
Purpose: This study aimed to examine the initial efficacy of a parent-assisted blended intervention combining components of Structured TEACCHing and Social Thinking, designed to increase social communication and self-regulation concept knowledge in 1st and 2nd graders (n = 17) diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their parents.…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Competence, Self Control, Metacognition
A Brief Parent-Focused Intervention to Improve Preschoolers' Conversational Skills and School Readiness
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Leech, Kathryn; Wei, Ran; Harring, Jeffrey R.; Rowe, Meredith L. – Developmental Psychology, 2018
Preschool children's use of decontextualized language, or talk about abstract topics beyond the here-and-now, is predictive of their kindergarten readiness and is associated with the frequency of parents' own use of decontextualized language. Does a brief, parent-focused intervention conveying the importance of decontextualized language cause…
Descriptors: Intervention, Preschool Children, Interpersonal Communication, Communication Skills
Developing Communication Skills in Deaf Primary School Pupils: Introducing and Evaluating the SmiLE Approach
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Alton, Sherryn; Herman, Rosalind; Pring, Tim – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2011
Many profoundly deaf signers have difficulty communicating with hearing people. This article describes a therapy called "Strategies and Measurable Interaction in Live English" (smiLE; Schamroth and Threadgill, 2007a), an approach used to teach deaf children skills to become successful communicators in real-life situations. This study…
Descriptors: Deafness, Communication Skills, Elementary School Students, Teaching Methods
Investigating the Acquisition, Generalization, and Emergence of Untrained Verbal Operants for Mands Acquired Using the Picture Exchange Communication System in Adults with Severe Developmental Disabilities
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Ziomek, M. M.; Rehfeldt, R. A. – Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 2008
This study compared the total amount of training time and total number of trial blocks for individuals with severe developmental disabilities to acquire mands under control of unconditioned establishing operations and mands under control of transitive conditioned establishing operations for manual sign and for the Picture Exchange Communication…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Generalization, Comparative Analysis, Severe Disabilities
Teaching Specific Requests: A Comparative Analysis on Skill Acquisition and Preference Using Two Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Modalities.
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Soto, Gloria; And Others – 1992
This study investigated whether a person with profound mental retardation could effectively learn specific requests using two different communication modes, both including the same set of graphic symbols. It also sought to compare whether the participant showed a preference for one modality over the other and to determine whether the participant…
Descriptors: Communication Aids (for Disabled), Communication Skills, Comparative Analysis, Environmental Influences