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A Speech-to-Symbol App for Supporting Communication Partner to Model and Improve Vocabulary
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Radici, Elena; Heboyan, Vahé; De Leo, Gianluca – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2023
In order to meet the communication needs of individuals who use Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices, communication partners are often responsible for the programming of the AAC devices. However, the prolonged learning time and operational demands of AAC devices are often barriers to an efficient use of time during a therapy…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Computer Oriented Programs, Vocabulary Development, Handheld Devices
A Comparison between the Use of Two Speech-Generating Devices: A Non-Speaking Student's Displayed Communicative Competence and Agency in Morning Meetings in a Compulsory School for Children with Severe Learning Disabilities
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Tegler, Helena; Pilesjö, Maja S. – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2023
This study examines the displayed communicative competence and agency of a non-speaking student at a compulsory school for children with severe learning disabilities. The use of two different speech-generating devices (a single-message versus a multi-message speech-generating device) and the assignment of participation role (having the role of…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Communication Skills, Severe Disabilities, Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Linguistic and Temporal Resources of Pre-Stored Utterances in Everyday Conversations
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Savolainen, Irina; Klippi, Anu; Tykkyläinen, Tuula; Launonen, Kaisa – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2020
Aided communicators often have an opportunity to express themselves with speech-generating devices (SGDs) that produce symbol by symbol (SBS) and/or pre-stored (PS) utterances. Studies on the usage of PS utterances report that these utterances affect conversations positively, but it appears that aided communicators and professionals may have…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Speech, Interpersonal Communication, Students with Disabilities
Teaching Communication Aid Use in Everyday Conversation
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Sigurd Pilesjö, Maja; Norén, Niklas – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2017
This Conversation Analysis study investigated how a speech and language therapist (SLT) created opportunities for communication aid use in multiparty conversation. An SLT interacted with a child with multiple disabilities and her grandparents in a home setting, using a bliss board. The analyses demonstrated a practice where the SLT employed…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Allied Health Personnel, Communication Strategies, Multiple Disabilities
Communicative Interaction between a Non-Speaking Child with Cerebral Palsy and Her Mother Using an iPad™
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Pinto, Maria; Gardner, Hilary – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2014
There is a rapidly increasing range of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems available for children who cannot communicate orally. Finding the best system for any one user is a challenge for the professionals and carers involved. As yet the use of portable, tablet forms of communication aid has been little researched, despite…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Handheld Devices, Mothers
Patterns in Early Interaction between Young Preschool Children with Severe Speech and Physical Impairments and Their Parents
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Sandberg, Annika Dahlgren; Liliedahl, Marie – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2008
The aim of this study is to examine whether the asymmetrical pattern of communication usually found between people who use augmentative and alternative communication and their partners using natural speech was also found in the interaction between non-vocal young preschool children with cerebral palsy and their parents. Three parent-child dyads…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Cerebral Palsy, Preschool Children