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

DEVELOPMENT OF NON-LINGUISTIC COMMUNICATION SKILLS, whichpresents the results of research accomplished through thejoint sponsorship of the SonomaDevelopment Center (SDS) andthe College of Education of Florida Atlantic University(FAU), examines the development of prelanguage and nonlingu-istic skills in individuals with various types and degreesof developmental disabilities. Utilizing the dichotomiesthat may exist betweencommunication and language, the bookexplores communication skills rather than formal languagesystems acquisition.

List of contents

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.

Product details

• Assisted by: Le Sternberg (Editor), Les Sternberg (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.07.2012
• EAN: 9781461390138
• ISBN: 978-1-4613-9013-8
• No. of pages: 129
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 236 mm x 11 mm
• Illustrations: XI, 129 p.
• Series: Disorders of Human Learning, Behavior, and Communication; Disorders of Human Learning, Behavior, and Communication
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works