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Tsai, Meng-Ju – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2023
The purpose of this study was to select a core vocabulary list obtained from Mandarin Chinese-speaking Taiwanese persons without disabilities. Mandarin Chinese is dominant and official language of Taiwan. A total of 28 participants, equally divided among seven age groups, were recruited for the study. In all, 112 samples across different…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mandarin Chinese, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Vocabulary
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Webb, Edward J. D.; Meads, David; Lynch, Yvonne; Randall, Nicola; Judge, Simon; Goldbart, Juliet; Meredith, Stuart; Moulam, Liz; Hess, Stephane; Murray, Janice – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2023
Little is known about what features of AAC systems are regarded by AAC professionals as more suitable for children with different characteristics. A survey was conducted in which participants rated the suitability of hypothetical AAC systems on a Likert scale from 1 ("very unsuitable") to 7 ("very suitable") alongside a…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Preferences, Individual Characteristics, Foreign Countries
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Seray Ibrahim; Michael Clarke; Asimina Vasalou; Jeff Bezemer – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2024
Children who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) are multimodal communicators. However, in classroom interactions involving children and staff, achieving mutual understanding and accomplishing task-oriented goals by attending to the child's unaided AAC can be challenging. This study draws on excerpts of video recordings of…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Young Children, Interaction, Interpersonal Communication
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Kerstin Tönsing; Shakila Dada – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2024
In South Africa, many children with extensive support needs--including children who require AAC--are accommodated in care centers rather than the public schooling system. Caregivers employed at these centers need training in order to support children's communication using augmentative and alternative methods. A total of 29 center-based caregivers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Caregiver Training, Child Caregivers
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Kristy Logan; Teresa Iacono; David Trembath – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2024
Children who lack functional spoken language are candidates for augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). Aided AAC and naturalistic interventions offer the potential to extend the communication functions demonstrated by children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who are nonspeaking. Related intervention research, however, has been…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Program Effectiveness, Intervention
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Irina Savolainen – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2024
Aided conversations differ from spoken ones in their transitions between turns and symbols because seeking and choosing symbols takes more time than speaking words naturally. This study adopted the concepts and principles of conversation analysis (CA) to analyze the transitions between symbols during the construction of aided turns. The data was…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Mothers, Sons, Augmentative and Alternative Communication
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Savaldi-Harussi, Gat; Uziel, Sigal – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2023
This study's goal was to inform the selection of the most frequently used words to serve as a reference for core vocabulary selection for Hebrew-speaking children who require AAC. The paper describes the vocabulary used by 12 Hebrew-speaking preschool children with typical development in two different conditions: peer talk, and peer talk with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Word Frequency, Hebrew, Preschool Children
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Sofia Wallin; Helena Hemmingsson; Gunilla Thunberg; Jenny Wilder – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2024
Most students with intellectual and communicative disability who rely on augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) attend non-inclusive school settings. Little is known about turn-taking and the use of various communication modes in groups of students and staff in this context. Previous studies on single students with intellectual…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Intellectual Disability, Interpersonal Communication
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Laher, Zakiyya; Dada, Shakila – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2023
Aided language stimulation is an augmented input strategy that facilitates the expressive and receptive language skills of persons who require augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). The aim of this study was to determine and compare the acquisition of receptive vocabulary items during implementation of aided language stimulation with…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Receptive Language, Severe Intellectual Disability, Language Acquisition
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Muttiah, Nimisha; Seneviratne, Ayendree; Drager, Kathryn D. R.; Panterliyon, Nina A. – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2022
Parental support is an important part of introducing an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) system to a child. Professionals providing AAC services to children with complex communication needs should practice family-centered service provision. The aim of this study was to explore Sri Lankan parents' perspectives on AAC and their lived…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Foreign Countries, Experience
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Muttiah, Nimisha; Gormley, Jessica; Drager, Kathryn D. R. – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2022
Currently, a small number of studies discuss augmentative and alternative (AAC) interventions in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The primary purpose of this scoping review was to summarize the current evidence base on communication-based interventions and partner training in LMICs, to explore and identify gaps in the AAC evidence base…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Intervention, Developing Nations
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Nordlund, Hanna; Fäldt, Anna – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2023
Parental interventions can help parents use strategies to support their child's language and communication development. The ComAlong courses are parental interventions that focus on responsive communication, enhanced milieu teaching, and augmentative and alternative communication. This interview study aimed to investigate the course leaders'…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Parent Education, Intervention, Communication Skills
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Kuo, Chen-li; Tsai, Tsai-Hsuan; Tung, Shen-Mei; Lin, Yueh-E – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2023
Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) has been used by patients with acquired expressive communication disorders as an alternative to natural speech. The use of symbols to express pain, which is intangible, is challenging because designing a series of comprehensible symbols to represent personal experiences such as pain is not…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Pain, Chinese, Telecommunications
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Fjeldvang, Ragnhild Therese; Nordaas, Marit Giske; von Tetzchner, Stephen; Stadskleiv, Kristine – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2023
Individuals who require augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) comprise a heterogeneous group, but all need follow-up to assure the appropriateness of implemented interventions. To enable this, outcome measures such as the Family Impact of Assistive Technology Scale for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (FIATS-AAC) may be used.…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Intervention, Assistive Technology, Foreign Countries
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Amery, Rebecca; Wunungmurra, Julie Gungungbuy; Raghavendra, Parimala; Buku?atjpi, Gurima?u; Dikul Baker, Rachel; Gumbula, Farrah; Barker, Ruth; Theodoros, Deborah; Amery, Howard; Massey, Libby; Lowell, Anne – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2022
Yol?u, Aboriginal people from Arnhem Land, Australia are at risk of Machado-Joseph disease, with progressive loss of speech. Yol?u are interested in developing augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems in their own languages. This research aimed to develop a culturally responsive process to explore and create a core vocabulary word…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Foreign Countries, Vocabulary Development, Languages
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