Teaching multi-step requesting and social communication to two children with autism spectrum disorders with three AAC options

AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 222-234

  Van Der Meer, Larah ^a   Kagohara, Debora ^a   Roche, Laura ^a   Sutherland, Dean ^b   Balandin, Susan ^a   Green, Vanessa A ^a   O'Reilly, Mark F ^c   Lancioni, Giulio E ^d   Marschik, Peter B ^e   Sigafoos, Jeff ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Augmentative and alternative communication; Autism spectrum disorders; Manual signing; Picture exchange; Speech generating devices

Indexed keywords

AUGMENTATIVE-AND-ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS; CHILDREN WITH AUTISMS; MANUAL SIGNING; MULTI-STEP; SOCIAL COMMUNICATIONS; SPEECH-GENERATING DEVICES; TARGET RESPONSE;

SPEECH;

SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNICATION AID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALE; MICROCOMPUTER; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPEECH; STATISTICS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPEECH;

EID: 84882933939     PISSN: 07434618     EISSN: 14773848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07434618.2013.815801     Document Type: Article

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