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Cross-Age Peer E-Mentoring to Support Social Media Use: A New Focus for Intervention Research
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Grace, Emma; Raghavendra, Parimala – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2019
Young people who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) can experience reduced social participation and continue to face challenges in developing and using communication and literacy skills for real-life contexts. Drawing on emerging research, this discussion article highlights the potential benefits and advantages of participation…
Descriptors: Social Media, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Intervention
Parent Perceptions of Pragmatic Skills in Teens and Young Adults Using AAC
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Senner, Jill E. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2011
The acquisition of social skills is critical in the successful academic inclusion and competitive employment of individuals with disabilities. Parent involvement in identification of social skills targets for intervention is a valuable first step in the intervention process. A total of 21 parents completed the Pragmatics Profile from the "Clinical…
Descriptors: Intervention, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Parent Participation, Disabilities
AAC Camp as an Alternative School-Based Service Delivery Model: A Retrospective Survey
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Dodd, Janet L.; Hagge, Darla K. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2014
School-based speech-language pathologists are obligated to apply evidence-based practice and document progress of their students' response to intervention in compliance with federal law. The purpose of this preliminary study was to explore the effects of an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)-based intervention provided in a camp…
Descriptors: Intervention, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Progress Monitoring, Delivery Systems
Talking to Teenagers: Using Anthropological Methods to Explore Identity and the Lifeworlds of Young People Who Use AAC
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Wickenden, Mary – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2011
The article outlines the methodology used in an ethnographic study of identity with teenagers who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). It is unusual to investigate this population in naturalistic contexts using qualitative methods. Nine individuals are studied, in a range of contexts using ethnography as the main method. The…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Ethnography, Adolescents, Methods
Understanding the Vietnamese American Community: Implications for Training Educational Personnel Providing Services to Children with Disabilities.
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Huer, Mary Blake; Saenz, Terry Irvine; Doan, Julie Huong Diem – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2001
A survey of 43 Vietnamese Americans found respondents who had become more acculturated had greater hope for individuals with disabilities than first generation immigrants. Both groups embraced the practice of seeking services for a child with disability and were strongly predisposed to accept augmentative and alternative communication practices.…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adults, Asian Americans, Attitudes toward Disabilities
Family-Centered Intervention and Satisfaction with AAC Device Training
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Starble, Amy; Hutchins, Tiffany; Favro, Mary Alice; Prelock, Patricia; Bitner, Brooke – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2005
The purpose of this article is to describe a family-centered collaborative approach for developing and implementing augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) device training for one family. Family-centered training emphasized collaboration with the primary investigator and focused on needs assessment, the identification of priority…
Descriptors: Intervention, Needs Assessment, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Family Programs
Conversations with Mexican Americans Regarding Children with Disabilities and Augmentative and Alternative Communication.
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Huer, Mary Blake; Parette, Howard P., Jr.; Saenz, Terry Irvine – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2001
Focus groups of family members of children with disabilities discussed augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) practices within a Mexican American community. Among seven perspectives identified are: (1) children understand nonverbal communication in the home; (2) aided techniques are useful outside of the home; (3) families have great…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Children, Communication Skills, Delivery Systems