The efficacy of augmentative and alternative communication /
Schlosser, Ralf W.
The efficacy of augmentative and alternative communication / Subtitle on cover: Toward evidence-based practice Ralf W. Schlosser. - Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press, c2003. - xxiv, 627 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Augmentative and alternative communication perspectives series .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contributors // Introduction // Efficacy and outcomes measurement in augmentative and alternative communication // Validity // Formulating research questions // On the subject of subject selection in AAC // Single subject experimental design // Group design // Longitudinal designs // Determining the treatment integrity of AAC Interventions // Determining the social validity of AAC Intervention // Synthesizing efficacy research in AAC // Toward evidence based practice in AAC // Presymbolic communication intervention // Strategies for beginning communicators // Selecting graphic symbols for an initial request lexicon // Effects of AAC on natural speech development // Application of current literacy theory, efficacy research and clinical practice to AAC users // Efficacy of AAC Intervention in individuals with chronic severe aphasia // Roles of speech output in AAC // Evidence based strategies for promoting generalization and maintenance // Comparative efficacy studies using single subject experimental designs // Epilogue // Index //
0126256675 (acidfree paper)
2003100307
People with disabilities--Means of communication.
RC429 / .S35 2003
616.855 03 SCH
The efficacy of augmentative and alternative communication / Subtitle on cover: Toward evidence-based practice Ralf W. Schlosser. - Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press, c2003. - xxiv, 627 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Augmentative and alternative communication perspectives series .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contributors // Introduction // Efficacy and outcomes measurement in augmentative and alternative communication // Validity // Formulating research questions // On the subject of subject selection in AAC // Single subject experimental design // Group design // Longitudinal designs // Determining the treatment integrity of AAC Interventions // Determining the social validity of AAC Intervention // Synthesizing efficacy research in AAC // Toward evidence based practice in AAC // Presymbolic communication intervention // Strategies for beginning communicators // Selecting graphic symbols for an initial request lexicon // Effects of AAC on natural speech development // Application of current literacy theory, efficacy research and clinical practice to AAC users // Efficacy of AAC Intervention in individuals with chronic severe aphasia // Roles of speech output in AAC // Evidence based strategies for promoting generalization and maintenance // Comparative efficacy studies using single subject experimental designs // Epilogue // Index //
0126256675 (acidfree paper)
2003100307
People with disabilities--Means of communication.
RC429 / .S35 2003
616.855 03 SCH