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Promoting Social Connections across Environments for Students with Severe Disabilities
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Schaefer, John M.; Cannella-Malone, Helen; Brock, Matthew E. – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2018
Building and maintaining positive social relationships is important to every young adult's quality of life. However, supporting the social inclusion of middle and high school students with severe disabilities can be extremely challenging. Moreover, promoting social inclusion in one classroom may have little impact on social outcomes in other…
Descriptors: Severe Disabilities, Inclusion, Middle School Students, High School Students
Increasing an AAC User's Classroom Community Membership through Peer Social Networks: An Ecological Intervention
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Kim W. Fisher; Karrie A. Shogren; James W. Halle – Inclusion, 2013
Increasingly, disability is being conceptualized through a social-ecological framework that emphasizes the match or mismatch between the person and their environment (Wehmeyer et al., 2008). With that, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers have examined what supports are necessary to create truly inclusive communities for individuals with…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Peer Relationship, Social Networks, Group Membership
Augmentative and Alternative Communication in Autism: A Comparison of the Picture Exchange Communication System and Speech-Output Technology
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Boesch, Miriam Chacon – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this comparative efficacy study was to investigate the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) and a speech-generating device (SGD) in developing requesting skills, social-communicative behavior, and speech for three elementary-age children with severe autism and little to no functional speech. Requesting was selected as the…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Autism, Teaching Methods
Increasing Integrated Workplace Social Interactions: The Effects of Job Modification, Natural Supports, Adaptive Communication Instruction, and Job Coach Training.
Mautz, Denise; Storey, Keith; Certo, Nick – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (JASH), 2001
A study involving an adult with severe mental retardation and other disabilities found that the addition of a communication device, job coach social facilitation training, and eliciting co-worker support for social integration increased the social interactions of the employee in a supported employment setting. (Contains references.) (CR)
Descriptors: Adults, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Employment, Interpersonal Communication
Self-Efficacy and the Inclusion of Students with AAC Needs, October 1998-September 2001. Final Project Report.
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Goetz, Lori; Hunt, Pam; Soto, Gloria – 2002
This final report discusses the activities and outcomes of a 3-year federally funded project that investigated the effectiveness of a collaborative teaming process to increase the academic achievement and social participation of elementary students with augmentative and alternative (AAC) needs who were members of general education classrooms. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Educational Planning, Elementary Education
Commonsense Methods for Children with Special Educational Needs: Strategies for the Regular Classroom. Fourth Edition.
Westwood, Peter – 2003
This book is designed to provide teachers with an immediate and comprehensive source of practical strategies for meeting children's special needs in regular classrooms. Chapter 1 explores issues relating to children with general and specific learning difficulties. It discusses inclusive schooling and special educational needs, factors associated…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Aggression, Attention Deficit Disorders, Augmentative and Alternative Communication