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Hillary, Alyssa – Curriculum Inquiry, 2019
When we consider disability and the curriculum, we usually mean preparing professionals to work with people with disabilities or including students with disabilities. Here, I provide a personal description of these ideas colliding. It's Fall 2017, and I'm taking a course on Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC). That means it's about…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Curriculum, Students with Disabilities, Augmentative and Alternative Communication
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
Bondy, Andy – Psychological Record, 2012
The Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) is an alternative/augmentative communication protocol designed to help children and adults with autism and related disabilities to engage in functional communication. The protocol was developed over a number of years and was based on Skinner's analysis of verbal behavior. Publications about the…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Autism, Verbal Stimuli, Misconceptions
Woodfield, Casey; Ashby, Christine – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2016
The inclusion of students who type to communicate has been researched and strategies to accommodate such students have been recommended, but little information has been gathered about the students' perspectives and daily school lives. This study utilises classroom observations and qualitative interviewing to explore the experiences of three high…
Descriptors: Equal Education, High School Students, Autism, Keyboarding (Data Entry)
Copeland, Susan R., Ed.; Keefe, Elizabeth B., Ed. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2018
What are today's best methods for teaching literacy skills to students with complex support needs--including autism, intellectual disability, and multiple disabilities? This comprehensive guidebook has up-to-date, evidence-based answers for pre- and in-service educators. Developed by Copeland and Keefe, the experts behind the landmark book…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Disabilities, Autism, Intellectual Disability
Kambouri, Maria; Pampoulou, Eliada Salowm; Pieridou, Myria; Allen, Michael – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2016
The study investigated early years teachers' understanding and use of graphic symbols, defined as the visual representation(s) used to communicate one or more "linguistic" concepts, which can be used to facilitate science learning. The study was conducted in Cyprus where six early years teachers were observed and interviewed. The results…
Descriptors: Science Education, Science Instruction, Teacher Attitudes, Visual Aids
Williamson, Robert L.; Casey, Laura B.; Robertson, Janna Siegel; Buggey, Tom – Assistive Technology, 2013
Given the recent interest in the use of video self-modeling (VSM) to provide instruction within iPod apps and other pieces of handheld mobile assistive technologies, investigating appropriate prerequisite skills for effective use of this intervention is particularly timely and relevant. To provide additional information regarding the efficacy of…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Prerequisites, Intervention, Teaching Methods
Mostert, Mark P. – Exceptionality, 2010
By 2001, Facilitated Communication (FC) had largely been empirically discredited as an effective intervention for previously uncommunicative persons with disabilities, especially those with autism and related disorders. Key empirical findings consistently showed that the facilitator and not the client initiated communication. I analyze the extant…
Descriptors: Intervention, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Autism, Communication Problems
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
Murphy, Patti – Exceptional Parent, 2010
This article presents the story of Chad Roberts of Canton, Georgia, who is proving himself a promising employee day by day. He works several jobs in increments of up to 90 minutes. Some days, he completes bulk mailings at a law firm. On others, he's at local restaurants stocking the wait staff stations with supplies. The community-based vocational…
Descriptors: Autism, Developmental Disabilities, Coping, Disabilities
Ohtake, Yoshihisa; Wehmeyer, Michael; Uchida, Naomi; Nakaya, Akitaka; Yanagihara, Masafumi – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2010
The purpose of this case study was to examine the effects of a time-delay prompting procedure on the acquisition of skills for repairing multiple listener misunderstandings. A prelinguistic student with autism was taught to use picture cards as a strategy to repair listener misunderstandings in a setting where the student had to ask the listener…
Descriptors: Autism, Disabilities, Communication (Thought Transfer), Interpersonal Communication
Kurtz, Alan; Jordan, Melanie – Institute for Community Inclusion, 2008
It has been known for decades that individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), including those with significant impairment or who have behaviors that others find challenging, can work when they are given appropriate supports (Smith, Belcher, & Juhrs, 1995). It is also clear that individuals with ASD can benefit from employment. Benefits…
Descriptors: Job Applicants, Employment Practices, Autism, Economically Disadvantaged

Howlin, Patricia; Jones, David P. H. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1996
This paper offers guidelines for professionals to follow in cases of sexual abuse accusations made by individuals with disabilities through the medium of facilitated communication. A case study of such accusations made by a child with autism illustrates application of the guidelines. (DB)
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Autism, Case Studies, Child Abuse
Forum, 1994
Four issues of "The Forum," a publication of the New York State Federation of Chapters of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), contain the following major articles: "Integration, Mainstreaming or Inclusion...Who's On First?" (Tim Knoster); "Links to the Community: Why Inclusion?" (John B. Kish and Leslie A.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Autism
Richard, Gail J.; Hoge, Debra Reichert – 1999
Designed for practicing speech-language pathologists, this book discusses different syndrome disabilities, pertinent speech-language characteristics, and goals and strategies to begin intervention efforts at a preschool level. Chapters address: (1) Angelman syndrome; (2) Asperger syndrome; (3) Down syndrome; (4) fetal alcohol syndrome; (5) fetal…
Descriptors: Asperger Syndrome, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Autism, Behavior Modification
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