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Sulzer-Azaroff, Beth; Hoffman, Anne O.; Horton, Catherine B.; Bondy, Andrew; Frost, Lori – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2009
Originally designed to enable young children with autism lacking functional communication to initiate requests and to describe what they observed, the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) has been the subject of an ever-expanding body of research and development. Thirty-four peer-reviewed published reports on PECS are analyzed in this…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Autism, Assistive Technology, Augmentative and Alternative Communication
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Duchan, Judith Felson – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1994
This article uses a parable to compare qualitative (interpretive) and quantitative (experimental) methods in child language research. Two hypothetical young researchers both investigate question-asking behavior of children with autism. Five different possible endings to the parable illustrate various relationships among research approaches and…
Descriptors: Autism, Child Language, Experiments, Qualitative Research