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Direct linkLeonhartsberger, Sabine; Huber, Eva; Brandstötter, German; Stoeckel, Ruth; Baas, Becky; Weber, Christoph; Holzinger, Daniel – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2022
Motor learning principles guide treatment of childhood apraxia of speech (CAS). Previous studies found children to benefit from higher-intensity conditions; however, they did not control for the total amount of therapy time. The aims of the article are to examine the effects of high versus low treatment frequency in intervention for CAS in…
Descriptors: German, Outcomes of Treatment, Speech Therapy, Motor Development
Sjögreen, Lotta; Mårtensson, Åsa; Ekström, Anne-Berit – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2018
Background: Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is a slowly progressive multi-systemic disease with an autosomal-dominant inheritance caused by a mutation on chromosome 19 (19q13.3). Aims: To explore speech characteristics in a group of individuals with the congenital and childhood-onset forms of DM1 in terms of intelligibility, speech-sound…
Descriptors: Diseases, Muscular Strength, Speech Impairments, Video Technology
Giasiranis, Stefanos; Sofos, Loizos – Educational Technology & Society, 2017
The purpose of this study was the investigation of the added value of technology of augmented reality (AR) in education and, particularly, whether this contributes to both student performance improvement, as well as the appearance of the psychological condition of Flow, which according to research, has had a positive effect on their performance…
Descriptors: Attention, Psychological Patterns, Value Added Models, Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Lerna, Anna; Esposito, Dalila; Conson, Massimiliano; Russo, Luigi; Massagli, Angelo – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2012
Background: The Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) is a common treatment choice for non-verbal children with autism. However, little empirical evidence is available on the usefulness of PECS in treating social-communication impairments in autism. Aims: To test the effects of PECS on social-communicative skills in children with autism,…
Descriptors: Intervention, Interpersonal Relationship, Autism, Observation
Sundqvist, Anett; Ronnberg, Jerker – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2010
This study focused on the attainment of Theory of Mind (ToM) in children (aged 6 to 13) with complex communication needs who used augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). The AAC group (n = 14) was matched to a younger group, without disabilities, vis-a-vis nonverbal mental age. A second comparison group consisting of children with mild…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Mental Retardation, Language Acquisition, Comparative Analysis
Trembath, David; Balandin, Susan; Togher, Leanne; Stancliffe, Roger J. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2009
Background: The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of two communication interventions for preschool-aged children with autism. Method: Six typically developing peers were taught to implement peer-mediated naturalistic teaching, with and without a speech generating device (SGD), during play sessions with 3 classmates with autism in…
Descriptors: Intervention, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Autism, Peer Teaching
Trembath, David; Balandin, Susan; Togher, Leanne – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2007
Background: Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems are commonly used to support children with complex communication needs in Australian preschools. However, such systems will only be effective if they contain words and messages that adequately meet these children's communication needs. The aim of this study was to identify the…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Communication Disorders, Preschool Children, Foreign Countries
Noens, I.; van Berckelaer-Onnes, I.; Verpoorten, R.; van Duijn, G. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2006
Background: The ComFor (Forerunners in Communication) is an instrument to explore underlying competence for augmentative communication. More specifically, it measures perception and sense-making of non-transient forms of communication at the levels of presentation and representation. The target group consists primarily of individuals with autism…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Verbal Communication, Psychometrics
