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Peer reviewedKouri, Theresa – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1989
During an eight-month treatment regimen utilizing simultaneous sign/speech input, all of the words of a young girl with Down's Syndrome were recorded. Analyses revealed that most of the words she initially signed were later spontaneously spoken and that most of her signed productions evolved into spontaneous spoken productions. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Downs Syndrome, Intervention, Language Acquisition, Manual Communication
Peer reviewedGibbs, Elizabeth D.; Carswell, Lynn E. – Early Education and Development, 1991
Total communication is the simultaneous use of speech and manual signs. This article presents a literature review regarding language disabilities of children with Down's syndrome and a case study concerning the effectiveness of the use of total communication with an infant with Down's syndrome. (Author/BB)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Downs Syndrome, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention
