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Harding, Celia; Lindsay, Gemma; O'Brien, Aoife; Dipper, Lucy; Wright, Julie – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2011
There is a developing research base to support the rationale underpinning augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) for people with learning disabilities. However, there is a paucity of research examining the process involved in implementing AAC support for people who have profound disabilities. This paper seeks to explore the processes…
Descriptors: Intervention, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Severe Disabilities, Learning Disabilities
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Parsons, Samantha; Schoon, Ingrid; Rush, Robert; Law, James – Children & Society, 2011
Using the 1970 British Cohort Study, this study examines factors promoting positive language development and subsequent successful education and employment transitions among children showing early receptive language problems (age 5). We find that 61 per cent of children with early receptive language problems develop into competent readers by age…
Descriptors: Young Children, Language Acquisition, Receptive Language, Learning Disabilities
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Burrows, Evelyn Honor; Neyland, Della – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1978
The study investigated the relationship between scores made by 20 kindergarten children on a test of reading readiness skills and tests of auditory reception of language, and between their scores on a test of academic achievement and tests of auditory reception of language. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Auditory Perception, Exceptional Child Research, Kindergarten