Choice-Making as a Natural Context for Teaching Early Communication Board Use to a Ten Year Old Boy with No Spoken Language and Severe Intellectual Disability.

Stephenson, Jennifer; Linfoot, Ken

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Publication Date: 1995

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Choice-Making as a Natural Context for Teaching Early Communication Board Use to a Ten Year Old Boy with No Spoken Language and Severe Intellectual Disability.

Stephenson, Jennifer; Linfoot, Ken

Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, v20 n4 p263-86 1995

A 10-year old with severe intellectual disability, no spoken language, and poor language comprehension learned to use 9 object symbols when these were taught directly in a functional choice-making context. Difficulties with research methodology for this type of intervention are addressed. (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Case Studies, Children, Communication Aids (for Disabled), Communication Disorders, Instructional Effectiveness, Intervention, Nonverbal Communication, Research Methodology, Severe Mental Retardation, Training Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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