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Effects of Wait Time When Communicating with Children Who Have Sensory and Additional Disabilities
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Johnson, Nicole; Parker, Amy T. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2013
Introduction: This study utilized wait-time procedures to determine if they are effective in helping children with deafblindness or multiple disabilities that include a visual impairment communicate in their home. Methods: A single subject with an alternating treatment design was used for the study. Zero- to one-second wait time was utilized…
Descriptors: Children, Visual Impairments, Deaf Blind, Multiple Disabilities
Does Childhood Disability Increase Risk for Child Abuse and Neglect?
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Leeb, Rebecca T.; Bitsko, Rebecca H.; Merrick, Melissa T.; Armour, Brian S. – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2012
In this article we review the empirical evidence for the presumptions that children with disabilities are at increased risk for child maltreatment, and parents with disabilities are more likely to perpetrate child abuse and neglect. Challenges to the epidemiological examination of the prevalence of child maltreatment and disabilities are…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Caregivers, Disabilities, Parent Child Relationship
The Differential Diagnosis of Communication Disorders in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology.
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Baltaxe, Christiane A. M.; Simmons, James Q., III – Topics in Language Disorders, 1990
This literature review addresses how the mental health professions view and use communication behaviors in their own diagnostic framework, focusing on cooccurrence of communication and psychiatric disorders, and psychiatrists' consideration of communication disorders as only one of a number of neurobehavioral systems. (JDD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Clinical Diagnosis, Communication Disorders
Brief Report: An Assessment of Stimulus Generalization and Contingency Effects in Functional Communication Training with Two Students with Autism.
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O'Neill, Robert E.; Sweetland-Baker, Margaret – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2001
This article reports on the outcomes of a study that used functional communication training (FCT) with two students, (ages 6 and 15) with autism and severe mental retardation, to add information to a database assessing the potential generalized effects of FCT and to examine the role that contingencies for appropriate and problem behaviors play in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Autism, Behavior Modification, Case Studies
The Use of "Symbol Shelves" in Teaching Communication with Multi-Handicapped Children.
Silverrain, Ann – 1982
Symbol shelves are tools for developing two-way communication with multihandicapped children who can anticipate events, but who do not respond to speech or sign language. The purpose of symbol shelves is to allow children to be expressive through symbols, to enable them to feel some sense of control, and to serve as a bridge to a more formal…
Descriptors: Children, Communication Aids (for Disabled), Communication Disorders, Early Childhood Education
Wisconsin Sensorimotor Pointing Assessment. Description of Design: Administration Manual. Trace Reprint Series.
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Huebner, Ruth A.; And Others – 1995
This manual describes the Wisconsin Sensorimotor Pointing Assessment (WSPA) for individuals with severe communication deficits complicated by other cognitive or motor disabilities, and provides guidelines for its administration. The WSPA was designed to quantify four categories of sensory and motor abilities necessary for initiating and accurately…
Descriptors: Adults, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Children, Communication Aids (for Disabled)