Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ247165
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981-May
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Developing Play Skills and Communicative Competence in Multiply Handicapped Young People.
Rogow, Sally M.
Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, v75 n5 p197-202 May 1981
Role play with toys was modeled to develop communicative language function in 14 multiply handicapped individuals (8 to 26-years-old whose speech was characterized by echolalic and stereotypic responses. Verbal expression increased and narrative and question forms appeared. Language behavior became more communicative and meaningful as social interaction increased. (Author)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Multiple Disabilities, Play, Role Playing, Toys
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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