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Words Needed for Sharing a Story: Implications for Vocabulary Selection in Augmentative and Alternative Communication
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Crestani, Catherine-Ann M.; Clendon, Sally A.; Hemsley, Bronwyn – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2010
Background: This study examined the narrative vocabulary of typically developing children for the purpose of guiding vocabulary selection for children with complex communication needs. Method: Eight children in their first year of schooling (aged 5 years 0 months to 5 years 8 months) and 10 children in their second year of schooling (aged 6 years…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Child Language, Vocabulary, Children
Life Story Development in Childhood: The Development of Life Story Abilities and the Acquisition of Cultural Life Scripts from Late Middle Childhood to Adolescence
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Bohn, Annette; Berntsen, Dorthe – Developmental Psychology, 2008
The authors investigated the relationship between the acquisition of cultural life scripts and the degree of coherence in children's and adolescents' life stories. Three groups of Danish school children aged 9 to 15 years participated. In 3 sessions, they wrote down a recently experienced single autobiographical event, their life story, and their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Personal Narratives, Children, Adolescents
Rehabilitation Broadcasts for Rural Areas.
Mental Health Centre, Peshawar (Pakistan). – 1986
The document presents a series of 14 scripts focusing on families with disabled children, written in English for radio broadcast in translation to rural village areas in Pakistan. Intended to educate the public concerning disabilities and how families can help their handicapped children participate as fully as possible in community life, the…
Descriptors: Caseworkers, Children, Community Attitudes, Developing Nations