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USING CHAINING AND AUGMENTATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION (AAC) TO ENHANCE COMMUNICATION SKILLS OF CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS
Title
USING CHAINING AND AUGMENTATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION (AAC) TO ENHANCE COMMUNICATION SKILLS OF CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS.
Creator
Kammet, Hannah, Dukes, Charles, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Exceptional Student Education, College of Education
Abstract/Description
Intervention packages combing behavioral interventions (e.g., time delay, physical prompting, or prompt fading) and Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) systems have proven to be effective in developing communication skills for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) (Charlop-Christy et al., 2002; Greenberg et al., 2014). However, both preservice and in-service speech language pathologists have limited exposure to the benefits of using behavioral interventions to teach non...
Show moreIntervention packages combing behavioral interventions (e.g., time delay, physical prompting, or prompt fading) and Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) systems have proven to be effective in developing communication skills for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) (Charlop-Christy et al., 2002; Greenberg et al., 2014). However, both preservice and in-service speech language pathologists have limited exposure to the benefits of using behavioral interventions to teach non-vocal functional communication skills (King et al., 2014; Muharib et al., 2019). This study used a multiple probe design across participants design to examine the effects of an online training package to teach speech-language pathologists (SLP) to use a behavioral intervention that combines backward chaining and AAC systems to increase non-vocal requesting of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Two preservice SLPs completed three self-guided video modules on backward chaining and augmentative and alternative communication, engaged in role plays with an adult confederate, and participated in live feedback sessions. Once completed, preservice SLPs learned to use a backward chaining procedure with a communication board to teach children with ASD non-vocal requesting. Results showed that the online training package was effective in increasing the knowledge and skills of the preservice SLPs in using backward chaining to support AAC use and increase the child’s non-vocal requesting.
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Date Issued
2024
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014503
Subject Headings
Children with autism spectrum disorders, People with disabilities--Means of communication
Format
Document (PDF)
Evaluation of speak for myself™ with patients who are voiceless
Title
Evaluation of speak for myself™ with patients who are voiceless.
Creator
Koszalinski, Rebecca S., Tappen, Ruth M., Florida Atlantic University, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Abstract/Description
Patients who are hospitalized and are without voice would like to participate in their care. This requires clear communication. Speak for Myself™ (SFM) was developed for use at the bedside so that communication may be facilitated between patient and nurse when the patient is voiceless. The objective of this study was to evaluate Speak for Myself™ at the bedside and to measure the outcomes. This was a mixed methods, one group pre-test-post-test, quasi-experimental study. Twenty adult patients...
Show morePatients who are hospitalized and are without voice would like to participate in their care. This requires clear communication. Speak for Myself™ (SFM) was developed for use at the bedside so that communication may be facilitated between patient and nurse when the patient is voiceless. The objective of this study was to evaluate Speak for Myself™ at the bedside and to measure the outcomes. This was a mixed methods, one group pre-test-post-test, quasi-experimental study. Twenty adult patients in three hospitals in South Florida agreed to use Speak for Myself™ during their acute care hospital stay (M = 8.86 hours). This group of participants (n = 20) ranged from 45 to 91 years old (males = 14; females = 6). Of the participants, 15 (75%) self-identified as European American, 2 (10%) self-identified as Hispanic, 2 (10%) self-identified as African American, and 1 (5%) self-identified as Asian. Ten of the participants (50%) were in respiratory failure. Two (10%) were receiving oxygenation measures related to unspecified complications of their illnesses. Of the remaining eight participants (40%), one each was receiving oxygenation measures due to atrial fibrillation, arteriosclerotic heart disease, cardiogenic shock, endocarditis, neck abscess, renal failure, status post seizure activity, and tongue metastasis.
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Date Issued
2014
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004298
Subject Headings
Communication devices for people with disabilities, Nurse and patient, Nursing -- Practice, Nursing -- Research -- Methodology, Outcome assessment (Medical care), People with disabilities -- Means of communication
Format
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