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Effect of a Parent Teletraining to Support Increased Communication Opportunities during Shared Storybook Reading with Children with Multiple Disabilities
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Savanna Brittlebank – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Children with multiple disabilities may experience significant disabilities in two or more areas of functioning including vision, motor, hearing, and communication such that they face limitations in social interactions throughout their daily lives (Bruce & Ivy, 2017). Many children have complex communication needs and evidence indicates that…
Descriptors: Parent Education, Communication Skills, Reading, Disabilities
An Examination of Practitioners Implementation of Communication Intervention with Students with Complex Communication Needs
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Andzik, Natalie Ruth – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This dissertation investigates ways of training adults to teach students with communication impairments to use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems across a variety of environments. In addition to three stand-alone papers, it will start with an introduction and conclude with a discussion. Chapter 1 will provide the reader with…
Descriptors: Intervention, Generalization, Student Behavior, Language Impairments
The Effects of Speech Output Technology on Skill Acquisition in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Preliminary Investigation
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Torres-Viso, Mariana Siku – ProQuest LLC, 2015
Previous research on the use of voice output communication aids (VOCAs) has found a number of positive effects on the behavior of both the VOCA user and their communicative partners. Among these outcomes, studies have found that incorporating speech output into language learning tasks may result in faster and more efficient learning for adults…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Disabilities, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
A Meta-Analysis of Single-Case Studies on Functional Communication Training
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Heath, Amy Kathleen – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Functional Communication Training (FCT) is an intervention that involves teaching a communicative response to decrease the occurrence of challenging behavior in individuals with disabilities. FCT is a two step intervention in which the interventionist first determines the function, or purpose, of the challenging behavior and then teaches a…
Descriptors: Communication Strategies, Communication Skills, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Behavior Modification
Increasing the Literacy Skills of Students Who Require AAC through Modified Direct Instruction and Specific Instructional Feedback
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Westover, Jennifer M. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Literacy skills are fundamental for all learners. For students who require augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), strong literacy skills provide a gateway to generative communication, genuine social networking, improved access to academic opportunities, access to information technology and future employment opportunities. However, many…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Video Technology, Feedback (Response), Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Including Preschool Age Students with Disabilities: Perceptions and Beliefs of Community-Based Early Childhood Providers
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Bond, Christine – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this investigation was to examine the beliefs and skills of community early childhood lead teachers and community child care center administrators participating in Florida's Four Year Old Voluntary Pre-kindergarten (VPK) Program in five rural, north Florida counties hold regarding the inclusion of young children with disabilities…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Disabilities, Skill Development, Child Care