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Douglas, Sarah N.; Kammes, Rebecca; Nordquist, Erica; D'Agostino, Sophia – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2018
Siblings play an important role in the lives of children with disabilities, especially those with complex communication needs (CCN). However, children with CCN require support to learn social and communication skills. Like other communication partners, typically developing (TD) siblings may struggle to understand how to best interact with a child…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Siblings, Communication Skills, Communication Strategies
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McCabe, Allyssa; Hillier, Ashleigh; DaSilva, Christiana; Queenan, Alexa; Tauras, Mary – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2017
Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) produce impoverished personal narratives. We developed an intervention to improve parental talk with their son/daughter with ASD which would thereby improve the child's narration. In this pilot study, we randomly assigned parents to an intervention group who received information about the importance…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Personal Narratives, Intervention
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Sennott, Samuel C.; Mason, Linda H. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2016
This pilot study describes an intervention package, MODELER for Read and Talk, designed to provide enriched language interaction for children with complex communication needs who require augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). MODELER (Model, Encourage, Respond) includes (a) modeling AAC as you speak, (b) encouraging communication…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Handheld Devices, Story Reading, Intervention
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Brimo, Danielle – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2016
Researchers have established that morphological awareness is an important skill because it contributes unique variance to word-level reading and reading comprehension; however, few studies include students with reading disorders. The purpose of this pilot study was to investigate whether training morphological awareness would improve morphological…
Descriptors: Morphology (Languages), Phonological Awareness, Intervention, Pilot Projects
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Zhang, Yiwen; Xu, Xiaojuan; Jiang, Fan; Gilkerson, Jill; Xu, Dongxin; Richards, Jeffrey A.; Harnsberger, James; Topping, Keith J. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2015
Changes in natural language environments of families receiving quantitative language feedback in Shanghai were investigated. Volunteer parents of 22 children aged 5 to 30 months were recruited from a hospital and a learning center. Quantitative measures of adult word count and conversational turns with children were collected regularly over 6…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Child Caregivers, Young Children, Parent Child Relationship
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Mire, Stephen P.; Montgomery, Judy K. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2009
The concept of early intervening services was introduced into public school systems with the implementation of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA) of 2004. This article describes a program developed for students with speech sound disorders that incorporated concepts of early intervening services, response to…
Descriptors: Intervention, Disabilities, School Districts, Early Intervention