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Teresa Iacono; Juliet Goldbart; Sarah N. Douglas; Ana Garcia-Melgar – Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 2022
The aim of this scoping review was to explore the extent to which AAC studies have occurred in inclusive versus segregated settings, the role of AAC in inclusive setting studies, and the evidence for AAC supporting inclusive education of students with complex communication needs. A scoping review of studies published from 2000 to 2020 that…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Inclusion, Communication Problems, Special Needs Students
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Cristián Iturriaga – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2025
The educational inclusion of deaf students in England is usually interpreted as placement in mainstream settings alongside hearing students, creating unintended pressure for assimilation to the communicative needs of hearing people. In this context, it is deaf students and their communication support staff who are left to deal with communicative…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Inclusion, Deafness, Oral Communication Method
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Menezes, Edênia da Cunha; Silva, Raquel Souza; dos Santos, Ivana Maria Barboza; Givigi, Rosana Carla do Nascimento – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2021
Education is a fundamental right of all, guaranteed in the Brazilian constitution and in the legislation of several countries in the world. In Brazil, Special Education targets people with disabilities and global developmental disorders. A disabled person needs certain supports, the demands for which are varied. One such demand relates to people…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Special Education, Students with Disabilities, Developmental Disabilities
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Leonet, Oihana; Orcasitas-Vicandi, María – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2021
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) refers to all forms of communication that can be used to support people with little or no functional speech. The present study was part of a broader European project that aimed at gathering information about the service provision in AAC in the Basque Autonomous Community, Spain. One hundred and…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Special Education, Foreign Countries, Communication Problems
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Wright, John C.; Knight, Victoria F.; Lemons, Christopher J.; Lindström, Esther; Strauss, Julia – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2020
There is a lack of research on effective interventions to improve the early numeracy skills of children with severe disabilities---autism spectrum disorder, developmental disability, and intellectual disability---and complex communication needs. While preliminary research suggests the Early Numeracy curriculum is effective for teaching children…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Skill Development, Mathematics Skills, Severe Disabilities
Biggs, Elizabeth E.; Hacker, Rebecca E. – Online Submission, 2021
Many factors impact intervention implementation in everyday practice, including the social validity of these interventions. As a way of addressing social validity, this study aimed to understand the perspectives of multiple stakeholders of school-aged children and adolescents who use aided and unaided augmentative and alternative communication…
Descriptors: Intervention, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Special Education Teachers, Paraprofessional School Personnel
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Biggs, Elizabeth E.; Hacker, Rebecca – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2021
Many factors impact intervention implementation in everyday practice, including the social validity of these interventions. As a way of addressing social validity, this study aimed to understand the perspectives of multiple stakeholders of school-aged children and adolescents who use aided and unaided augmentative and alternative communication…
Descriptors: Intervention, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Special Education Teachers, Paraprofessional School Personnel