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

by Les Sternberg (Editor)

Overview

DEVELOPMENT OF NON-LINGUISTIC COMMUNICATION SKILLS, which presents the results of research accomplished through the joint sponsorship of the SonomaDevelopment Center (SDS) and the College of Education of Florida Atlantic University (FAU), examines the development of prelanguage and nonlingu- istic skills in individuals with various types and degrees of developmental disabilities. Utilizing the dichotomies that may exist betweencommunication and language, the book explores communication skills rather than formal language systems acquisition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781461390138
Publisher:	Springer New York
Publication date:	10/12/2011
Series:	Disorders of Human Learning, Behavior, and Communication
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991
Pages:	129
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.01(d)

Table 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.

Editorial Reviews

In addition to a detailed discussion of results from a research project jointly sponsored by Sonoma Developmental Center of Eldridge, Calif. and the Dept. of Exceptional Student Education of Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, this volume considers major theories of communication development and intervention models available for developing nonlinguistic communication skills. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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