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Bartolotta, Theresa E.; Zipp, Genevieve P.; Simpkins, Susan D.; Glazewski, Barbara – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2011
Rett Syndrome (RS) is an X-linked, neurodevelopmental disorder that occurs primarily in females and causes significant impairment in cognition, motor control, and communication. Teachers and speech-language pathologists (SLPs) encounter girls with RS with increasing frequency as awareness of the disorder increases, yet the literature on clinical…
Descriptors: Females, Severe Mental Retardation, Neurological Impairments, Developmental Disabilities
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Summers, Jane; Szatmari, Peter – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2009
Discrete trial instruction (DTI) was used to teach functional skills to three children with Angelman syndrome, a neurogenetic disorder that overlaps with autism and is associated with severe cognitive, speech, and motor impairments. Children received individual DTI teaching sessions 2 to 3 times per week over a 12-month period and displayed…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Skill Development, Neurological Impairments, Speech Impairments