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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"Augmentative communication"”.
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Implementing Augmentative Communication for Aphasic Patients in Convalescent Facilities
… its use in similar facilities to bridge the communication gap between nonspeaking/nonwriting aphasic patients who communicate with Blissymbols and their direct care personnel as well as family members and others who are significant in their lives.</p> <p>After development, the in-service …
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Blissymbolics as an Augmentative Communication Tool for Adults with Expressive Aphasia
… whether Blissymbolics - a visual-graphic communication system based on meaning rather than phonetics - could be used as a means of communication re-training with adults having expressive aphasia. This study investigated the performance of those individuals who had plateaued in re-learning …
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Developing Local Educational Agency Participation in an Augmentative Communication Model Program
… Center is proposing to provide a comprehensive Augmentative Communication Model Program (ACMP) which will serve non-vocal severely physically handicapped (NVSPH) students in the Inland Empire area. The model program would offer a trans-disciplinary team approach to the assessment of each student …
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User interface adaptability within an augmentative communication app for children with autism spectrum disorder
Facilitating communication is considered the first step to developing learning interventions for individuals with autism spectrum disorder. The introduction of tablets and augmentative communication apps is changing the way that communication is being approached. There is presently no clear set of …
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17 ways to say yes, exploring tone of voice in augmentative communication and designing new interactions with speech synthesis
For people without speech, voice output communication aids are an assistive technology––but can also be restrictive: whilst Text-To-Speech synthesis can say anything, it affords little choice of how this is spoken. An absence of nuanced tone of voice can inhibit social interaction.<br/><br/>This …
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The effectiveness of the picture exchange communication system (PECS) as an augmentative communication system for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) : a South African pilot study
Includes bibliographical references (leaves185-195).
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A microcomputer-based synthesis of Blissymbols from key components to facilitate language acquisition in severely disabled people
… was originally developed as universal channel of communication to promote world peace. Instead, this logical and unambiguous symbol system has been adopted as a communication-enhancement system for pre-reading non-speaking children, and it is now ranked as the most comprehensive and effective …
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One child's use of assistive technology
… standing or holding a pencil--used computers, augmentative communication devices, and other electronic technology. On one level the report becomes the story of a student who moves from a separate special education facility into an elementary school where he is integrated fulltime into a fourth …
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The effects of the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) to decrease impulsive behaviors and increase self-management skills of children with autism
<p>The Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) is an augmentative communication system used for children with autism and social-communication disorders.</p> <p>Self-management is an intervention extensively documented for its effectiveness to improve behavior. Self-management programs …
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Quantitative Differences in the Conversational Performance of People with Severe Expressive Aphasia Using Three Types of Visual Screen Displays on Speech Generating Devices
… study measured quantitative differences in communication success, communicator roles and act functions during dyadic conversational interactions between six people with severe aphasia and their peer communication partners across three conditions involving a type of augmentative communication …
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Investigating the effects of integrated systematic decoding, spelling and communication instruction for students with complex communication needs
… impact of an integrated decoding, spelling and communication intervention on literacy and communication outcomes for students with complex communication needs (CCN). The current study was done with three students with CCN, all of whom used a particular augmentative communication device. Using a …
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Teaching adults with intellectual disabilities to use the Picture Exchange Communication System
The Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) is an alternative augmentative communication system that uses a variety of behavioural techniques to teach nonspeaking individuals functional communication skills. Ten empirical evaluations of PECS have been reported in the literature since it was …
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An age related feature analysis of the Autocom
… features of the Autocom.</p> <p>[Keywords: Augmentative communication; Autocom features; Autocom operations; Auto-Monitoring Communication Board; Functional communication; Nonvocal; Nonvocal severely physically handicapped individuals; Phase]</p>
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Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging as an Assessment Tool in Critically Ill Patients
… neuroimaging techniques were used for covert communication with two completely locked-in, critically ill patients. The results suggest that this methodology could be used as an augmentative communication tool to allow patients to be involved in their own medical decision-making. Taken …
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Educational Interventions for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Perceptions of Parents and Teachers in a Northeast Tennessee School System.
… and peer-mediated interventions for social and communication skills; inclusion with a balance of direct services; support staff to facilitate inclusion; a functional approach to problem behaviors; alternative and augmentative communication interventions; and sensory-motor interventions. Barriers …
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The unmet needs of infants, children and young people with dysphagia
… disabled and their caregivers and integrating communication more clearly into the management of dysphagia. The studies presented include: i) small case studies describing observations and analysis of communication during typical mealtimes; collaborative therapy programmes specifying strategies …
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Evaluation of Blissymbolics as a Means of Communication for the Deaf-cerebral Palsy Population
… population with a more functional means of communication.</li> <li>To test the validity of using a non-vocal means of communication, Blissymbolics, when other more traditional methods of teaching communication skills (sign language or verbal communication) have been ineffective.</li> </ol> …
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Communicative Competence In Persons With Aphasia: The Impact Of Executive Function
… of 15 persons with aphasia (PWA) completed three communication board tasks of varying levels of complexity and structure. The subject's functional use of the picture/word communication board was tested during a Story Retelling task. In addition, the PWA's executive function skills were examined …
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A scoping review of primary caregivers'perceptions of their involvement in augmentative and alternative communication of their children
BACKGROUND: Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) intervention is pivotal for obtaining functional outcomes in communication and participation of children with complex communication needs (CCN). Various studies focused on the experiences and perceptions of parents as primary caregivers …
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