Functional Communication: Analyzing the Nonlinguistic Skills of Individuals with Severe or Profound Handicaps

ISBN-13: 9781461390138 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 129 str.

Les Sternberg

Opis

DEVELOPMENT OF NON-LINGUISTIC COMMUNICATION SKILLS, which presents the results of research accomplished through the joint sponsorship of the SonomaDevelopment Center (SDS) and the College of Education of Florida Atlantic University (FAU), examines the development of prelanguage and nonlingu- istic skills in individuals with various types and degrees of developmental disabilities. Utilizing the dichotomies that may exist betweencommunication and language, the book explores communication skills rather than formal language systems acquisition.

Spis treści

1. Theories of Communication Development.- 2. Research on Nonlinguistic Communication Functioning of Individuals with Severe or Profound Handicaps.- 3. Intervention Models to Develop Nonlinguistic Communication.- 4. The Sonoma Research Project: Facilities, Population Communication Needs, and Subjects.- 5. The Sonoma Research Project: Issues, Variables, and Methods of Investigation.- 6. The Sonoma Research Project: Data Analysis Design and Results.- 7. The Sonoma Research Project: Discussion and Conclusions.