The Effect of Partner Augmented Input on Peer Attitudes Toward a Child Using Augmentative Or Alternative Communication

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of a facilitator's use of augmented input on attitudes of children toward peers who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). Participants viewed a video tape of a child using voice output communicating with an adult. In the experimental condition the facilitator provided augmented input in addition to spoken language and in the control condition she did not provide augmented input. After viewing the videotape, participants completed a questionnaire designed to measure their attitudes toward the child who used AAC in the videotape. Results indicated that peer attitudes were generally positive in both conditions, but that positive responses were not as strongly positive in the presence of augmented input as they were in the absence of augmented input. The presence of augmented input did not result in an increase in the strength of negative responses.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science in Communication Sciences and Disorders

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Communication Sciences and Disorders

Year

1998

Author dc:creator

• Fingland, Teresa

Contributors dc:contributor

• Lisa Wood

• Communication Sciences and Disorders

Statement dc:rights

• © Teresa Fingland

Repository record dc:identifier

https://bearworks.missouristate.edu/theses/598

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:bearworks.missouristate.edu:theses-1599