How Adult Beliefs Shape the Speech Communities of a Child Who Has Multiple Disabilities.

Tucker, Philip J.; Kretschmer, Richard R.

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ERIC Number: EJ601291

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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How Adult Beliefs Shape the Speech Communities of a Child Who Has Multiple Disabilities.

Tucker, Philip J.; Kretschmer, Richard R.

Mental Retardation, v37 n5 p395-406 Oct 1999

A study investigated how strategies employed by two adults (a mother and a physical therapist) to interact with a 2-year-old child with multiple disabilities were reflective of beliefs about communication. The mother used the demands of the larger, mostly nondisabled speech community as her primary reference point. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)

Descriptors: Communication Skills, Interpersonal Communication, Learning Strategies, Multiple Disabilities, Parent Attitudes, Parent Child Relationship, Physical Therapists, Social Attitudes, Young Children

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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