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Cooper, Brittney; Soto, Gloria; Clarke, Michael T. – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2021
Conversational repair has been found to play a fundamental role in the acquisition of language. This paper describes existing research on conversational repair and its relationship to language learning, whether a first language or a second language, as well as its relevance to augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). A case is made for…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Language Acquisition, Intervention
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Soto, Gloria; Clarke, Michael T. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2017
Purpose: This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of a conversation-based intervention on the expressive vocabulary and grammatical skills of children with severe motor speech disorders and expressive language delay who use augmentative and alternative communication. Method: Eight children aged from 8 to 13 years participated in the study.…
Descriptors: Intervention, Expressive Language, Grammar, Severe Disabilities
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Soto, Gloria; Solomon-Rice, Patti; Caputo, Michele – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2009
Children who use augmentative and alternative communication have been found to experience significant difficulties in the production of fictional and personal narratives. The important role of personal narratives in establishing personal and social identity has received substantial attention in developmental psychology but little attention in the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Communication Disorders, Developmental Psychology
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Solomon-Rice, Patti; Soto, Gloria – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2011
Adult co-construction with children who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) has been found to facilitate child communicative competence in general, but few studies have examined adult co-construction during the telling of personal narratives. This study explored the use of adult co-constructive strategies during personal…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Speech Language Pathology, Discourse Analysis, Personal Narratives
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Soto, Gloria; Yu, Betty; Henneberry, Solana – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2007
Narrative abilities have been linked to literacy, communicative competence and development of identity. Children who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) may be at risk for difficulties in the development of narrative skills due to differences in their language learning opportunities and limitations of their AAC systems. The…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Literacy, Communicative Competence (Languages), Augmentative and Alternative Communication
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Soto, Gloria; Hartmann, Elizabeth – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2006
The ability to narrate a story is fundamental to the development of overall communicative competence and involves the coordination of a variety of knowledge structures and linguistic abilities. In this study, the narrative discourse abilities of four children who use AAC are described in the context of five tasks designed to elicit a spectrum of…
Descriptors: Children, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Personal Narratives, Story Grammar