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Training Verbal and Nonverbal Communication Interview Skills to Adolescents
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Olszewski, Abbie; Panorska, Anna; Gillam, Sandra Laing – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2017
Adolescents' verbal and nonverbal communication skills were compared before and after training in a workforce readiness training program, Language for Scholars (LFS), and a study skills program, Ideal Student Workshop (ISW). A cross-over design was used, ensuring that 44 adolescents received both programs and acted as their own control. The LFS…
Descriptors: Verbal Communication, Nonverbal Communication, Interviews, Skill Development
Exploring Interagency Collaboration in AAC Intervention
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Alant, Erna; Champion, Annette; Peabody, Erin Colone – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2013
This study grew from a need identified by professionals working in the same community to explore interagency support for augmentative and alternative communication device implementation with students, families, and professionals involving the local school system and university. A case study was used to document intervention with a second-grade…
Descriptors: Intervention, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Expressive Language, Delayed Speech
Decision Making of Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Concerning Augmentative and Alternative Communication in Hungary
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Serpentine, Elizabeth C.; Tarnai, Balazs; Drager, Kathryn D. R.; Finke, Erinn H. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2011
A qualitative interview methodology was used to investigate the perspectives of 10 Hungarian parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) concerning their decision-making processes undertaken to make communication intervention decisions for their children. Six themes were identified from the data: (a) sources of information, (b)…
Descriptors: Intervention, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Autism, Parents