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Direct linkChadwick, Darren; Buell, Susan; Goldbart, Juliet – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2019
Communication assessment of people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) has seldom been investigated. Here, we explore approaches and decision making in undertaking communication assessments in this group of people. A questionnaire was sent to UK practitioners. The questionnaire elicited information about assessment…
Descriptors: Severe Intellectual Disability, Multiple Disabilities, Communication Strategies, Speech Language Pathology
Young, Hannah; Hogg, James; Garrard, Brenda – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2017
Background: People with intellectual disabilities are thought to have a reduced capacity for understanding death. Drawing on cognitive theory, researchers have suggested that those with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities mainly perceive loss as a mismatch between past and present experiences. However, very little research has…
Descriptors: Grief, Intellectual Disability, Death, Severe Intellectual Disability
Download full textBonnike, Dena R.; Douglas, Karen H.; Stoner, Julia B. – International Journal of Special Education, 2018
The purpose of this single case A-B-A-B study was to determine if the dependent variables of eye gaze, vocalization, and reaching would increase among students and peers with severe and multiple disabilities and complex communication needs when the independent variable of positioning for communication and socialization (peers facing each other and…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Interpersonal Communication, Nonverbal Communication, Severe Disabilities
Griffiths, Colin; Smith, Martine – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2016
Background: People with severe and profound intellectual disability typically demonstrate a limited ability to communicate effectively. Most of their communications are non-verbal, often idiosyncratic and ambiguous. This article aims to identify the process that regulates communications of this group of people with others and to describe the…
Descriptors: Severe Intellectual Disability, Interpersonal Relationship, Interpersonal Communication, Communication Problems
Digital Games and Assistive Technology: Improvement of Communication of Children with Cerebral Palsy
Ferreira, Maria Inês Jesus; Travassos, Xisto Lucas; Sampaio, Renelson; Pereira-Guizzo, Camila de Sousa – International Journal of Special Education, 2013
This paper aims to analyze the frequency of occurrence of different forms of communication in nonspeaking children during activities with digital games. The participants in this study were three children with multiple disabilities, whose limitations were due to cerebral palsy. All the children had severe oral communication disabilities. Three…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Nonverbal Communication, Children, Cerebral Palsy
Peer reviewedHooper, Janice; And Others – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 1987
A multimodal intervention program designed for a nine-year-old with severe communication problems (secondary to cerebral palsy, receptive dysphasia, and auditory agnosia) combined manual signs and graphic symbols to help her communicate. The intensive, highly structured program had significant positive results. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cerebral Palsy, Children, Communication Problems
