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Sofia Benson-Goldberg – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Literacy plays an especially important role in aided augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) because spelling and writing support precise communication. Fortunately, the importance of literacy is reflected in federal legislation that mandates that all students, regardless of ability, receive comprehensive literacy instruction.…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Communication Strategies
Becky Crowe – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Children with developmental disabilities and complex communication needs who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) have limited opportunities to communicate and few trained conversation partners to interact with. Research literature on interventions utilizing AAC devices and systems to increase communication skills overwhelmingly…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Developmental Disabilities, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Assistive Technology
Jones, Felita – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Purpose. This quantitative study examined parent perceptions regarding augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) interventions for their children with autism to determine if, according to parent perceptions, a relationship existed between AAC and functional communication. Those faced with cognitive and developmental delays like autism face…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Parent Attitudes, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Correlation
Wright, Sandra – ProQuest LLC, 2010
A repeated measures design was used to investigate the effect of group intervention on the teaching of partner-focused questions to people who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), and the perceived communicative competence before and after intervention of the AAC users. Six participants who had severe speech impairments…
Descriptors: Intervention, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Communication Problems, Developmental Disabilities