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The State of Research and Practice in Augmentative and Alternative Communication for Children with Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities
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Wilkinson, Krista M.; Hennig, Shannon – Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 2007
Augmentative and alternative communication is a compilation of methods and technology designed to supplement spoken communication for people with limited speech or language skills, including children with developmental and intellectual disabilities. The field of AAC has evolved rapidly within the last 10 years, due to a combination of empirical…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities, Language Skills
"3D" Language Lessons.
Czesak, Beth Ann; Giamo, Elaine A. – Academic Therapy, 1987
The "3D" approach to providing speech/language service for developmentally delayed preschoolers involves three instructors (speech/language therapist, classroom teacher, aide) plus three motor tasks (gross, fine, oral), while bringing speech therapy into the classroom. The article discusses team planning sessions and provides a sample curriculum…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Language Skills, Psychomotor Skills
Cognitive and Language Skills in Autistic, Mentally Retarded, and Normal Children.
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Sigman, Marian; Ungerer, Judy A. – Developmental Psychology, 1984
Attempts to identify deficits in object knowledge specific to the autistic syndrome. Examines the correspondence between sensorimotor and play behaviors and language in mentally retarded and normal children. Determines whether these correspondences are different for autistic, mentally retarded, and normal children.(Author/AS)
Descriptors: Autism, Cognitive Ability, Comparative Analysis, Developmental Disabilities
The Implementation of Sample, Mand, and Delay Techniques to Enhance the Language of Delayed Children in Group Settings.
Pearson, Mary Ellen; And Others – Journal of the Division for Early Childhood, 1988
Two teachers of integrated delayed children and two teachers of segregated delayed children were taught to use sample, mand, and delay techniques with five children, aged four-five, with language and cognitive delays. The techniques were successfully and easily implemented by all teachers, and the children significantly increased their language…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Developmental Disabilities, Intervention, Language Skills
Approaches to the Prediction of Language Abilities in a Sample of Children Who Have Developmental Delays.
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Sommers, Ronald K. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1991
The study evaluated prediction of language quality using 3 approaches (neurodevelopmental, cognitive, and combination) with 37 developmentally delayed children (ages 5-9). Results indicated that these children had language and speech delays that showed substantial relationships to their verbal cognitive abilities and fine motor skills, in addition…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Ability, Delayed Speech, Developmental Disabilities
Comprehension Strategies: Interactions between World Knowledge and the Development of Sentence Comprehension.
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Paul, Rhea – Topics in Language Disorders, 1990
This article relates the ability to understand individual sentences both in and out of context by normal and developmentally delayed children at various developmental stages to the concept of world knowledge. Implications for assessment and treatment of sentence comprehension deficits among language-disordered students are discussed. (PB)
Descriptors: Comprehension, Context Effect, Developmental Disabilities, Developmental Stages