Using aided AAC models, recasts, and contrastive targets to teach grammatical morphemes to children who use AAC

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 160-176

  Binger, Cathy ^a,c   Maguire Marshall, Molly ^a   Kent Walsh, Jennifer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aided AAC modeling; Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC); Discrimination learning; Grammatical morphology; Intervention; Recasts

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNICATION AID; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; READING; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; READING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 79551704917     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2010/09-0163)     Document Type: Article

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