Parent perceptions of pragmatic skills in teens and young adults using AAC  

Oleh:

Senner, Jill E.

Jenis: Article from Journal
Dalam koleksi: Communication Disoders Quarterly vol. 32 no. 2 (Feb. 2011), page 103-108.
Topik: augmentative and alternative communication; AAC; pragmatics; family and parent issues
Fulltext: Parent Perceptions of Pragmatic Skills in Teens.pdf (389.78KB)

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The acquisition of social skills is critical in the successful academic inclusion and competitive employment of individuals with disabilities. Parent involvement in identification of social skills targets for intervention is a valuable first step in the intervention process. A total of 21 parents completed the Pragmatics Profile from the Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals for their teen and young adult children who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). Because several parents rated more than one item as not appropriate, total scores could be computed for only 10 participants; however, descriptive analysis of results from the Rituals and Conversational Skills section was conducted for all participants. Of the 22 items from that section, 17 were rated as sometimes or never (i.e., requiring intervention) by the majority of parents, suggesting that many teens and young adults using AAC have pragmatic skills in need of intervention.

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