Training Communication Partners: The New Challenge for Communication Disorders Professionals Supporting Persons with Severe Disabilities.

Sack, Sara H.; McLean, Lee K.

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ERIC Number: EJ553991

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Publication Date: 1997

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Training Communication Partners: The New Challenge for Communication Disorders Professionals Supporting Persons with Severe Disabilities.

Sack, Sara H.; McLean, Lee K.

Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, v12 n3 p151-58 Fall 1997

Discusses the importance of teaching communication skills to individuals with severe disabilities and reviews the development and evaluation of Developing Communicative Interactions, a data-based staff training program that supports the development of a prescribed set of interaction skills by interacting communication partners. (Author/CR)

Descriptors: Communication Skills, Interaction, Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Competence, Paraprofessional Personnel, Program Development, Program Evaluation, Severe Disabilities, Staff Development

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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