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AAC Modeling with the iPad during Shared Storybook Reading Pilot Study
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Sennott, Samuel C.; Mason, Linda H. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2016
This pilot study describes an intervention package, MODELER for Read and Talk, designed to provide enriched language interaction for children with complex communication needs who require augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). MODELER (Model, Encourage, Respond) includes (a) modeling AAC as you speak, (b) encouraging communication…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Handheld Devices, Story Reading, Intervention
Assistive Device Use as a Dynamic Acquisition Process in Later Life
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Pressler, Karis A.; Ferraro, Kenneth F. – Gerontologist, 2010
Purpose: This study identifies risk factors, including incident disability, for the use of assistive devices (ADs) among older people. Design and Methods: Three waves of data from the National Long-Term Care Survey (NLTCS) are used to examine whether upper and lower body disability lead to use of ADs (both number of devices used and number of…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Predictor Variables, Risk, Demography
Peer Relationships of Deaf Children with Cochlear Implants: Predictors of Peer Entry and Peer Interaction Success
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Martin, Daniela; Bat-Chava, Yael; Lalwani, Anil; Waltzman, Susan B. – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2011
This study investigated factors that affect the development of positive peer relationships among deaf children with cochlear implants. Ten 5- to 6-year-old deaf children with implants were observed under conditions varying peer context difficulty in a Peer Entry task. Results revealed better outcomes for deaf children interacting in one-on-one…
Descriptors: Deafness, Interpersonal Competence, Surgery, Assistive Technology
Enhancing Sequential Time Perception and Storytelling Ability of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children
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Ingber, Sara; Eden, Sigal – American Annals of the Deaf, 2011
A 3-month intervention was conducted to enhance the sequential time perception and storytelling ability of young children with hearing loss. The children were trained to arrange pictorial episodes of temporal scripts and tell the stories they created. Participants (N = 34, aged 4-7 years) were divided into 2 groups based on whether their…
Descriptors: Scripts, Partial Hearing, Etiology, Assistive Technology
A Predictive Mathematical Model of Muscle Forces for Children with Cerebral Palsy
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Lee, Samuel C. K.; Ding, Jun; Prosser, Laura A.; Wexler, Anthony S.; Binder-Macleod, Stuart A. – Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2009
Aim: The purpose of this study was to determine if our previously developed muscle model could be used to predict forces of the quadriceps femoris and triceps surae muscles of children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy (CP). Method: Twenty-two children with CP (12 males, 10 females; mean age 10y, SD 2y, range 7-13y; Gross Motor Function…
Descriptors: Intervention, Stimulation, Mathematical Models, Cerebral Palsy
Perspectives on Individual Differences Affecting Therapeutic Change in Communication Disorders. New Directions in Communication Disorders Research
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Weiss, Amy L., Ed. – Psychology Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2009
This volume examines the ramifications of individual differences in therapy outcomes for a wide variety of communication disorders. In an era where evidence-based practice is the clinical profession's watchword, each chapter attacks this highly relevant issue from a somewhat different perspective. In some areas of communication disorders,…
Descriptors: Intervention, Stuttering, Autism, Oral Language