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Lorah, Elizabeth R. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The Center for Disease Control estimates that one in 88 births result in a diagnosis of autism (CDC, 2012). Of those individuals diagnosed with autism approximately 25-61% fail to develop vocal output capabilities (Weitxz, Dexter, & Moore, 1997). The use of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) systems, such as Picture Exchange (PE)…
Descriptors: Autism, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Pictorial Stimuli, Assistive Technology
Greenberg, Alissa L. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Despite expansive improvements in both treatments and research, the majority of persons with autism use non-empirically supported interventions. One way to decrease the research-to-practice gap involves increasing the direct applicability of research findings to clinical settings. Effectiveness research achieves this goal by identifying treatments…
Descriptors: Intervention, Program Evaluation, Autism, Identification