Tangible symbol systems
By: Design to Learn Products ; Charity Rowland, Philip Schweigert
Contributors: Oregon Health & Science University; Design to Learn Projects
Series: EXC 623 (NU course)
Publisher: OHSU Design to Learn Products
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Portland, OR
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 122
Subjects: Symbolism in communication; Communication devices for people with disabilities; People with disabilities; Means of communication; Nonverbal communication; Children with disabilities; Education
Description: Looks at the tangible symbol systems method of communication for small children with severe mental retardation, developmental disabilities, severe sensory impairments, autism, or orthopedic impairments. Illustrates the instructional process and presents detailed case studies of five children, showing how they learned to use tangible symbols.
Notes: Disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives.

Prepared under grants from the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services, United States Department of Education.

DVD-R.
Table of contents: title: What are tangible systems and who may benefit?; title: Readiness; title: Motivating opportunities; title: Indicating responses; title: Monitoring comprehension symbols; title: Promoting progress: expanding vocabulary and increasing array size; title: Promoting progress: generalization, functions, multisymbol utterances, portability; title: Promoting progress: changing the type of symbol; title: Review and conclusion; title: Case studies.