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Chua, Beatrice Y. E.; Poon, Kenneth K. – Educational & Child Psychology, 2018
Aims: This study sought to investigate the predictors of spontaneous Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) use in a naturalistic school setting. Method: The study recruited 44 students (36 boys and eight girls), aged between 6 to 18 years and their teachers (26 teachers and two teaching assistants). Teaching staff completed measures of…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Predictor Variables
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Beck, Ann R.; Thompson, James R.; Clay, Sandra L.; Hutchins, Margaret; Vogt, W. Paul; Romaniak, Beth; Sokolowski, Brandi – Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 2001
An experiment was conducted to investigate the influence of three variables (type of augmentative technique used to communicate, disability label, and user competence in communicating with an augmentative technique) on the attitudes of 289 preservice speech pathologists. Findings indicate that user components influenced cognitive evaluations, but…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Cognitive Measurement, Elementary Secondary Education
Newton, Priscilla, Ed. – TASH Newsletter, 2000
Nine year 2000 issues of the newsletter of TASH, formerly The Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps, comprise this document. Each issue typically contains news items, a column by the organization's executive director, reports from special interest groups, legislative testimony, conference information, and several major articles relating to…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adolescents, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Autism