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Title Communication interventions for individuals with severe disabilities : exploring research challenges and opportunities / edited by Rose A. Sevcik, Ph. D., Georgia State University, Atlanta, and MaryAnn Romski, Ph. D., Georgia State University, Atlanta ; with invited contributors
Published Baltimore : Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., [2016]

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Contents I. Communication Interventions for Individuals with Severe Disabilities : What Is the Evidence? What Is the State of the Evidence? / Nancy C. Brady, Martha E. Snell, and Lee K. McLean -- Prelinguistic Communication Intervention for Young Children with Intellectual Disabilities : A Focus on Treatment Intensity / Tiffany G. Woynaroski, Marc E. Fey, Steven F. Warren and Paul J. Yoder -- Challenging behavior and communicative alternatives / Joe Reichle and Mo Chen -- Research on communication intervention for children who are deafblind / Charity Mary Rowland and Amy T. Parker -- Are We There Yet? Targeted and Phenotypic Communication Interventions for Children with Down Syndrome or Autism Spectrum Disorder / Stephanie Yoshiko Shire and Connie Kasari -- Augmented Language Interventions for Children with Severe Disabilities / Ashlyn L. Smith [and 4 others] -- Parents as Partners in Effective Communication Intervention / Ann P. Kaiser, Lauren H. Hampton, and Megan Y. Roberts -- Putting It Together : Discussion Synthesis of Communication Interventions for Individuals with Severe Disabilities / Ellin B. Siegel, Diane Paul, and Lorraine Sylvester -- II : Challenges for communication intervention research : design methods issues. Behavioral heterogeneity in people with severe intellectual disabilities : integrating single-case and group designs to develop effective interventions / William J. McIlvane [and 3 others] -- Randomized controlled trials : do they tell us what we want to know about interventions for people with severe disabilities? / R. Michael Barker and David J. Francis -- Boxed in by small sample size? some ways out of the box / Roger Bakeman -- III : Challenges for communication intervention research : measuring outcomes. Recent innovations in the assessment of auditory discrimination abilities in individuals with intellectual disabilities who are nonspeaking / Richard W. Serna -- The role of cultural, ethnic, and linguistic differences / Katherine T. Rhodes and Julie A. Washington -- Measuring communication and language skills in individuals with severe intellectual disabilities / Billy T. Ogletree -- Where does social validity measurement fit into identifying and developing evidence-based practices / Howard Goldstein -- Section discussion summary : state of the evidence : research design and measurement issues / Krista M. Wilkinson [and 3 others] -- IV : The future. Communication interventions for individuals with severe disabilities : research and practice gaps, opportunities, and future directions / Rose A. Sevcik and MaryAnn Romski
Summary "This interdisciplinary book critically examines the research on the effectiveness of communication interventions for individuals with severe disabilities. This volume provides the reader with a synthesis of the complex issues related to communication intervention and severe disabilities"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Children with mental disabilities -- Language
Children with mental disabilities -- Education.
Developmentally disabled children -- Language
Developmentally disabled children -- Education
Developmentally disabled -- Means of communication.
Communicative disorders -- Treatment
Facilitated communication.
Speech therapy.
Evidence-based medicine.
Children.
Communication Disorders -- therapy
Evidence-Based Medicine
Education of Intellectually Disabled
Speech Therapy
Evidence-Based Practice
Child
children (people by age group)
EDUCATION -- Special Education -- Communicative Disorders.
EDUCATION -- Administration -- General.
EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions.
Evidence-based medicine
Children
Children with mental disabilities -- Education
Children with mental disabilities -- Language
Communicative disorders -- Treatment
Developmentally disabled children -- Education
Developmentally disabled children -- Language
Developmentally disabled -- Means of communication
Facilitated communication
Speech therapy
Form Electronic book
Author Sevcik, Rose A., editor
Romski, Mary Ann, 1952- editor.
LC no. 2016002494
ISBN 9781681250878
168125087X