The Efficacy of Augmentative and Alternative Communication / / Ralf W. Schlosser.
This book provides readers with essential tools for appraising evidence and outlining steps for planning and implementing better efficacy research. It aims to help researchers and practitioners develop the necessary skills for moving the augmentative and alternative communication field toward eviden...
Saved in:
| Superior document: | Augmentative and Alternative Communications Perspectives ; 1 |
|---|---|
| VerfasserIn: | |
| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2001. ©2001 |
| Year of Publication: | 2001 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Augmentative and Alternative Communications Perspectives ;
1. Language and Linguistics - Book Archive 2000-2006. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (653 pages) |
| Notes: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Efficacy and Outcomes Measurement in Augmentative and Alternative Communication
- Validity: The Foundation of Evaluating the Efficacy of Interventions
- Formulating Research Questions
- On the Subject of Selection in AAC
- Single-Subject Experimental Designs
- Group Designs
- Longitudinal Designs
- Determining the Treatment Integrity of AAC Interventions
- Determining the Social Validity of AAC Interventions
- Synthesizing Efficacy Research in AAC
- Toward Evidence-Based Practice in AAC
- Presymbolic Communication Intervention
- 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.