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In Search of a Novel Way to Analyze Early Communicative Behavior
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Dhondt, Ann; Van keer, Ines; Nijs, Sara; van der Putten, Annette; Maes, Bea – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2021
The aim of this study was to develop a coding scheme that enables researchers and practitioners to conduct a detailed analysis of the communicative behavior of young children with significant cognitive and motor developmental delays. Currently, there is a paucity of methods to do conduct such an analysis. For the study, video observations of three…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Interpersonal Communication, Developmental Delays, Physical 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
Improving Response Rates among Students with Orthopedic and Multiple Disabilities
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Wilkens, Christian P.; Kuntzler, Patrice M.; Cardenas, Shaun; O'Malley, Eileen; Phillips, Carolyn; Singer, Jacqueline; Stoeger, Alex; Kindler, Keith – Journal of the International Association of Special Education, 2014
One challenge teachers of students with orthopedic and multiple disabilities face is providing sufficient time and opportunity to communicate. This challenge is universal across countries, schools, and settings: teachers want students to communicate because communication lies at the core of what makes us human. Yet students with orthopedic and…
Descriptors: Physical Disabilities, Multiple Disabilities, Communication Problems, Interpersonal Communication
The Effects of Information and Augmentative Communication Technique on Attitudes toward Nonspeaking Individuals.
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Gorenflo, Carole Wood; Gorenflo, Daniel W. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1991
Effects of printed factual information and three augmentative communication techniques on attitudes of nondisabled adults toward nonspeaking adults with physical disabilities were studied. Additional information about the nonspeaking individual and increasing sophistication of the augmentative communication techniques were both found to improve…
Descriptors: Adults, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Bias, Communication Aids (for Disabled)
Getting the Words Out: Case Studies in Facilitated Communication Training.
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Crossley, Rosemary – Topics in Language Disorders, 1992
Case studies are presented of three individuals with severe communication impairments who had been judged to be intellectually impaired but revealed unexpected achievements after training in nonspeech communication. The communication training used facilitation to circumvent hand function impairments. (JDD)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Communication Disorders, Communication Skills, Interpersonal Communication
A Developmental Model of Disabilities
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Rogow, Sally – International Journal of Special Education, 2005
The education of children with visual impairments or blindness combined with other disabilities is increasingly recognized as one of the most compelling and challenging aspects of Special Education. We have come to recognize the multiple effects of combined sensory, neurological and/or psychological problems Visual and movement impairments impose…
Descriptors: Intervention, Visual Impairments, Multiple Disabilities, Psychology