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Identification and Intervention for Students Who Are Visually Impaired and Who Have Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Li, Alicia – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2009
At least 60% of children with disabilities have multiple disabilities including visual impairments (VI). Because the visual system is neurologically based, any problems of the neurological system will also likely affect vision. The estimated number of students with VI and additional disabilities has increased significantly over the years. Since…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Intervention, Visual Impairments, Multiple Disabilities
Training Pragmatic Language Skills through Alternate Strategies with a Blind Multiply Handicapped Child.
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Evans, C. J.; Johnson, C. J. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1988
A blind multiply handicapped preschooler was taught to respond appropriately to two adjacency pair types ("where question-answer" and "comment-acknowledgement"). The two alternative language acquisition strategies available to blind children were encouraged: echolalia to maintain communicative interactions and manual searching…
Descriptors: Blindness, Communication Skills, Echolalia, Language Acquisition
Language Disabilities of Antisocial Boys in Residential Treatment.
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Warr-Leeper, Genese; And Others – Behavioral Disorders, 1994
This article describes the language abilities of 20 boys aged 10 to 13.5 years who were admitted to residential treatment because of their significant and persistent antisocial behavior. Primary diagnoses included oppositional/defiant disorder and conduct disorder. Eighty percent carried the additional diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Disorders, Clinical Diagnosis