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Radici, Elena; Heboyan, Vahé; Mantovani, Fabrizia; De Leo, Gianluca – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2022
People interact with individuals who use Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) based on personal attitudes and perceived communicative competence. The purpose of this study is to investigate how different means of communication, such as an iPad-based Speech Generating Device (SGD), a communication board, and natural speech influence the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intellectual Disability, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Adolescents
Smith, Martine M. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2018
Individuals who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) occupy complex sociocultural and sociolinguistic territories. They are immersed in spoken language communities but to participate as speakers in conversational interactions, they may rely on atypical communication modes, including systems for generating speech that set them apart…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Sociolinguistics, Speech Communication, Cultural Differences
Cave, Richard; Bloch, Steven – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2021
Background: More than 80% of people living with MND (plwMND) develop difficulties with their speech, affecting communication, self-identity and quality of life. Most plwMND eventually use an augmentative and alternative communication device (AAC) to communicate. Some AAC devices provide a synthesized voice for speech, however these voices are…
Descriptors: Speech Impairments, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Artificial Speech, Assistive Technology
Alzrayer, Nouf M.; Aldabas, Rashed; Alhossein, Abdulkarim; Alharthi, Hanan – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2021
Naturalistic developmental behavioral interventions (NDBI) have been shown to facilitate the development of spontaneous language in individuals with speech and language impairment. Several meta-analyses have reported a small number of studies that utilized naturalistic teaching approaches combined with augmentative and alternative communication…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Behavior Modification, Intervention
Hyppa-Martin, Jolene; Chen, Mo; Janka, Emily; Halverson, Natalie – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2021
This study examined whether partner reauditorization affected the attitudes reported by young adults toward a child who communicated using nonelectronic AAC. The study also examined preferences for the way the AAC system was used (i.e., in the presence or absence of reauditorization), whether reauditorization was associated with differences in…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Children, Interpersonal Communication, Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Andzik, Natalie R.; Schaefer, John M.; Nichols, Robert T.; Cannella-Malone, Helen I. – Journal of International Special Needs Education, 2019
Schools in the United States support a large group of students requiring the assistance of augmentative and alternate communication (AAC). It is currently unknown what types of training and supports special education teachers require or are receiving to meet the needs of these students. A convenience sample of 3,200 teachers was surveyed about the…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Students with Disabilities, Special Education Teachers, Teacher Education
Glacken, Michele; Healy, Denise; Gilrane, Ursula; Gowan, Siobhan Healy-Mc; Dolan, Seamus; Walsh-Gallagher, Dympna; Jennings, Carmel – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2019
Parents' experiences of using Lámh, a key word signing approach used in Ireland, were captured through in-depth face-to-face interviews with parents of children with a range of intellectual disabilities. It emerged that Lámh provides child users with one of the rudiments of inclusion, that is, a means of engaging with others. A number of factors…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Parents, Sign Language, Foreign Countries
Iacono, Teresa; Bould, Emma; Beadle-Brown, Julie; Bigby, Christine – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2019
Background: The aim was to explore the relationship between quality of active support and communication support for people in group homes with high and low support needs. Methods: Data from 182 service users, 20-81 years (mean = 40), 89 with high support needs, were observed to have either good (n = 142) or poor (n = 40) communication support.…
Descriptors: Adults, Needs, Communication Skills, Communication Problems
Carnett, Amarie; Ingvarsson, Einar T.; Bravo, Alicia; Sigafoos, Jeff – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2020
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who have limited speech are often taught to communicate using a speech-generating device (SGD). We evaluated procedures for teaching a mand for information (i.e., "Where" is [item]?) using an interrupted behavior chain procedure. In Experiment 1, all participants (3 children with ASD who…
Descriptors: Children, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Speech Impairments
Bourque, Kathy S.; Goldstein, Howard – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020
Purpose: This study reports a secondary analysis of the nature of communicative functions and modalities used in initiations and responses of minimally verbal preschoolers with severe autism spectrum disorder (ASD) from a previously published study (Thiemann-Bourque, Feldmiller, Hoffman, & Johner, 2018). This analysis focused on the final…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Assistive Technology
Hyppa-Martin, Jolene K.; Stromberg, Angela M.; Chen, Mo; Mizuko, Mark I. – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2020
This study provides an example of using single case experimental design to guide data-driven, low-inference interventions for an individual using customized displays on a speech-generating device and can serve as an example for interventionists who need to compare intervention strategies to identify approaches that are most appropriate for a…
Descriptors: Visual Stimuli, Males, Late Adolescents, Autism
Suberman, Rachel; Cividini-Motta, Catia – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2020
Individuals with developmental disabilities often do not develop vocal repertoires, thus requiring the use of augmentative devices. Teaching caregivers to conduct communication training with their children may be one way to foster communication with their device in the natural environment. This study replicates Rosales, Stone and Rehfeldt (2009),…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Caregivers, Caregiver Role
Nouf M. Alzrayer; Reem Muharib; Charles Wood – Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 2020
Various types of augmentative and alternative communication systems have been successfully used to enable functional communication in children with developmental disabilities. The effects of such systems on natural speech production have also been investigated, but few studies have explored the effects of specific procedures aim at inducing…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Child Behavior, Intervention, Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Sofia Benson-Goldberg; Karen Erickson – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2024
Literacy instruction has an important role in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) because spelling and writing support precise communication. Unfortunately, few students with extensive support needs and complex communication needs (ESN/CCN) develop literacy skills at or above the first grade reading-level. Given that learning to read…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Communication Disorders, Early Childhood Education
James Hummel – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This research explored the transformative potential of technology in special education, informed by the researcher's extensive experience in the Los Angeles Unified School District. Highlighting the case of a nonspeaking student with autism who made significant academic progress using an augmented alternate communication (AAC), device, the study…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Assistive Technology, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Technology Uses in Education