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Prelanguage Communication of Students Who Are Deaf-Blind and Have Other Severe Impairments.
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Tender, N. E.; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1993
The Communication Observation Schedule (COS) records systematically the pragmatics of communication with children who have deaf-blindness and are functioning from the prelanguage to true words level. The COS provides the opportunity to record the purpose of an interaction, who initiates and who responds to it, the mode of response, and whether the…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Deaf Blind, Evaluation Methods, Interaction
Discriminant Validity of the Vineland Scales: Score Profiles of Individuals with Mental Retardation and a Specific Disorder.
Balboni, Giulia; Pedrabissi, Luigi; Molteni, Massimo; Villa, Susanna – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2001
Utility of the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales-Expanded Form to discriminate among areas of adaptive behavior was substantiated by comparing profiles of scores obtained by 113 individuals with mental retardation and either a communication, social behavior, or motor disorder. Results support the use of the Vineland Scales in ecological evaluation…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Rating Scales, Communication Skills, Discriminant Analysis