TY - JOUR
T1 - Picture-book reading as an intervention to teach the use of line drawings for communication with students with severe intellectual disabilities
AU - Stephenson, Jennifer
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Picture-book reading provides an effective intervention context for young children learning spoken language and may also be appropriate for teaching the use of augmentative and alternative communication to children with severe intellectual disabilities. This study reports on a group intervention using a semiscripted book reading routine implemented by a teacher in a classroom for students with severe intellectual disabilities. Student use of line drawings was observed over the course of the intervention. Students' abilities to match words, line drawings, book illustrations, and real objects were assessed weekly. There were differences between baseline and intervention performances for all students, and these differences were particularly noticeable for one student.
AB - Picture-book reading provides an effective intervention context for young children learning spoken language and may also be appropriate for teaching the use of augmentative and alternative communication to children with severe intellectual disabilities. This study reports on a group intervention using a semiscripted book reading routine implemented by a teacher in a classroom for students with severe intellectual disabilities. Student use of line drawings was observed over the course of the intervention. Students' abilities to match words, line drawings, book illustrations, and real objects were assessed weekly. There were differences between baseline and intervention performances for all students, and these differences were particularly noticeable for one student.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=75349091280&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/07434610903031216
DO - 10.1080/07434610903031216
M3 - Article
C2 - 19925312
AN - SCOPUS:75349091280
VL - 25
SP - 202
EP - 214
JO - AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication
JF - AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication
SN - 0743-4618
IS - 3
ER -