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Judge, Simon; Townend, Gillian – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2013
Background: Voice output communication aids (VOCAs) are a key form of aided communication within the field of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). In recent years, rapid developments in technology have resulted in an explosion of devices available commercially, yet little research has been conducted into what people who use VOCAs…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Interviews, Questionnaires
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Alant, Erna; Champion, Annette; Peabody, Erin Colone – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2013
This study grew from a need identified by professionals working in the same community to explore interagency support for augmentative and alternative communication device implementation with students, families, and professionals involving the local school system and university. A case study was used to document intervention with a second-grade…
Descriptors: Intervention, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Expressive Language, Delayed Speech
Ball, Martin J., Ed.; Müller, Nicole, Ed.; Nelson, Ryan L., Ed. – Psychology Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2013
This volume provides a comprehensive and in-depth handbook of qualitative research in the field of communication disorders. It introduces and illustrates the wide range of qualitative paradigms that have been used in recent years to investigate various aspects of communication disorders. The first part of the Handbook introduces in some detail the…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Communication Disorders, Research Methodology, Case Studies
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Greenstock, Louise; Wright, Jannet – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2011
Teachers, speech and language therapists, teaching assistants and nursery nurses are required to work together in a range of contexts in Foundation Stage (FS) school settings in the UK. In some cases these groups of practitioners are mutually involved in the implementation of a strategy or intervention and in the use of a particular tool or…
Descriptors: Special Schools, Caregivers, Cooperative Planning, Teacher Aides