Children with severe physical disabilities often do not have the capabilities for oral communication. Therefore, the vocabulary needs of nonspeaking children has been a subject of research in the area of augmentative communication for a number of years. The idea of allowing children with disabilities the opportunity for expression and communication is one not easily ignored. Obtaining vocabulary items, however, that are useful to nonspeaking disabled children that also meet normal language acquisition standards has been a concern. This study specifically addresses this concern by looking into the vocabulary issues of twins. The purpose of this research project is to verify that differences exist in the expressive vocabulary needs that are determined for a nonspeaking, cerebral-palsied twin and a speaking, able-bodied twin by a caregiver despite similar verbal environments.

Thesis (M.S.)--Brigham Young University. Dept. of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 45-50).

Children with severe physical disabilities often do not have the capabilities for oral communication. Professionals are frequently faced with selecting vocabulary for children who are unable to use vocal output because of severe motor impairments. A child who is nonambulatory may have additional reasons for communicating and sees the world from a different viewpoint than his ambulatory peers. Selecting appropriate words for an initial lexicon that are useful to nonspeaking disabled children that also meet normal language acquisition standards is a concern. This study specifically addresses this concern by looking at the vocabulary differences of ambulatory and nonambulatory preschool children. The purpose of this research project was to compare expressive vocabulary produced by nonambulatory, speaking children with the expressive vocabulary produced by ambulatory, speaking children. It is suggested that the vocabulary of nonambulatory, speaking children might be more appropriate for selecting a lexicon for AAC systems if indeed, they are different from words produced by ambulatory, speaking children.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the different perspectives of familycentered, natural environment early intervention programs. Specifically, the family's perception of early intervention services were compared to that of the speech-language pathologists' (SLPs) perception of these programs. The perspectives of the speech language pathologist and the families receiving early intervention services were explored to determine the overall satisfaction with the current early intervention model and practices, related to the assessment procedures and intervention practices utilized by the SLP. Results of this research study indicated that the parents of children with special needs are generally satisfied with the early intervention services being provided to their child and family. Respondents of the speech-language pathologist survey indicated that the current service model is appropriate and useful when working with the majority of families receiving early intervention services. Strengths and weaknesses of the familycentered, natural environment early intervention program are further discussed. / Department of Speech Pathology & Audiology

Please read the abstract in the section, 00front, of this document / Thesis (PhD (Augmentative and Alternative Communication))--University of Pretoria, 2005. / Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (CAAC) / unrestricted

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The school, intended to meet the current control, vigilance and hygiene standards at the time, was designed to shape normal or abnormal children under the sign of modernity, technology and medical-pedagogical-disciplinary knowledge from new methods and materials presented at Congresses and International Expositions as a mechanism of "concert of nations" and instrument of science, cooperation, specialization, order, rationality and efficiency, promoting the foundation of morality and the good customs of peoples. Thus, children – and above all the impaired - schooling began to conceive different pedagogical practices: for the education of the blind, the learning of reading and writing through the Braille system and for the deaf, the learning of communication through sign language or oralization. With different systems of reading, writing and communication acquisition, the intuitive method, the lessons of things and the education of the senses permeated the practices, speeches and teaching methodologies inside these institutes, which promoted the object and central question of this study: how to educate the senses in the absence of one of them? For the answer, this research was based on school material culture, seeking to understand the daily life of these institutes through their languages, methods and practices collected from a documentary corpus that involved legislation of the period, textbooks, compendia, inspection reports, congress minutes, tuition books, class journals, teaching artifacts, and photographs. By implementing new techniques, such as the use of laboratories, the recognition of sensoriality, work and citizenship training in favor of a "civilized and educated man", great learning community areas were generated, extensive to abnormal sensorial childhood, providing the primacy of the School through specific pedagogical investments – those are some examples of the circulation, appropriation, transnationalization and internationalization of ideas present in this period / Este estudo tem como objetivo analisar os processos de implantação, apropriação e adaptação do método intuitivo sobre a escolarização dos alunos cegos e surdos desde o final da década de cinquenta do século XIX até meados do século XX, realizando uma contextualização sócio, histórica e cultural da implantação do Instituto Nacional para a Educação dos Surdos (INES), do Instituto Benjamin Constant (IBC) e dos intelectuais que lideraram este movimento em âmbito nacional e internacional, localizando estas instituições dentro de dois momentos e posições políticas: o regime imperial e o movimento liberal republicano, iniciado no final do século XIX, que elegia a escola como um local privilegiado para que fosse criado o ideal cidadão. A escola, que visava o atendimento às normas de controle, vigilância e higiene vigentes na época, era destinada a formar crianças normais ou anormais sob o signo da modernidade, tecnologia e saberes médico-pedagógicos-disciplinadores a partir de novos métodos e materiais apresentados em Congressos e Exposições Internacionais como mecanismo de “concerto das nações” e instrumento de ciência, cooperação, especialização, ordem, racionalidade e eficiência, promovendo o alicerce da moral e dos bons costumes dos povos. Destarte, a escolarização da infância e, sobretudo, dos anormais sensoriais passaram a conceber distintas práticas pedagógicas: para a educação dos cegos, a aprendizagem da leitura e da escrita por meio do sistema braille e para os surdos, a aprendizagem da comunicação por meio da linguagem de sinais ou da oralização. Com distintos sistemas de aquisição da leitura, escrita e comunicação, o método intuitivo, as lições de coisas e a educação dos sentidos permearam as práticas, discursos e metodologias de ensino no interior destes institutos, o que promoveram o objeto e a questão central deste estudo: como educar os sentidos na ausência de um deles? Para tal resposta, esta pesquisa teve como base a cultura material escolar, buscando compreender o cotidiano destes institutos por meio de suas linguagens, métodos e práticas por meio do intermédio de um corpus documental que envolveu legislações do período, manuais de ensino, compêndios, relatórios de inspeção, atas de congressos, jornais, livros de matrículas, diários de classe, artefatos de ensino e fotografias. Com a introdução de novas técnicas, como o uso de laboratórios, o reconhecimento da sensorialidade, a formação para o trabalho e para a cidadania em prol de um “homem civilizado e educado”, geraram zonas de grande comunidade aprendente, extensiva à infância anormal sensorial, proporcionando o primado da Escola por meio de investimentos pedagógicos específicos – são alguns exemplos da circulação, apropriação, transnacionalização e internacionalização de ideias presentes neste período