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Peer reviewedLloyd, Peter – Topics in Language Disorders, 1994
This paper discusses the referential communication model, offers explanations for communication failure, presents evidence that even older elementary school children have difficulty in detecting ambiguity in messages, argues the need for a standardized test in this area, and surveys work with language-impaired groups and approaches to…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Intervention, Language Impairments
Peer reviewedDuchan, Judith Felson – Topics in Language Disorders, 1997
This article proposes the application of a situated pragmatics (also known as community-based training or activity-based intervention) approach to intervention with children having severe communication disorders. Models for this approach have been developed by the World Health Organization and specialists in alternative and augmentative…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Communication Disorders, Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedWalker, Hill M.; And Others – Topics in Language Disorders, 1994
This paper views effective communication as an essential component of appropriate social behavior, provides definitions and conceptualizations of social skills and social competence within academic contexts, and describes social skills assessment and intervention procedures for school-age children and youth with and without disabilities.…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Disabilities, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedCoster, Wendy; Cicchette, Dante – Topics in Language Disorders, 1993
This article reviews data on problems in communicative development of maltreated children and discusses their implications for practitioners concerned with communicative development. The influence of social class and cultural factors is examined, and the impact of child maltreatment on communicative development from infancy up to school age is…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Children, Communication Skills, Cultural Influences
Peer reviewedBiklen, Douglas; And Others – Topics in Language Disorders, 1992
This paper describes the facilitated communication method of assisting individuals with autism to type their thoughts and presents a study involving 43 individuals (ages 3-26) who were trained in facilitated communication. A seemingly normal quality of language was produced but did not result in the eradication of other autistic-like behaviors.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Autism, Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Skills
Peer reviewedCrossley, Rosemary; Remington-Gurney, Jane – Topics in Language Disorders, 1992
This paper discusses the use of facilitated communication training with individuals labeled as intellectually impaired, including individuals diagnosed as autistic, at the DEAL Communication Centre in Victoria, Australia. The paper describes the clients, hand use problems addressed by facilitation, literacy, structuring success, fading support,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Autism, Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Skills
Peer reviewedWilson, Margo E. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1996
A brief description of aspects of Arabic culture that may affect the effectiveness of language intervention is followed by descriptions of Arabic child-rearing practices, attitudes toward disabilities, nonverbal communication, communication style, difficulties experienced in learning English, and suggestions for clinicians working with…
Descriptors: Arabic, Arabs, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Child Rearing
