Autism spectrum disorders and AAC
By: edited by Pat Mirenda and Teresa Iacono with invited contributors.
Contributors: Mirenda, Pat.; Iacono, Teresa.
Series: Augmentative and alternative communication series; AAC series
Publisher: Paul H. Brookes Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 484
ISBN-13: 9781557669537
Subjects: Autistic children -- Means of communication; Autistic youth -- Means of communication; Autistic Disorder -- rehabilitation; Child Development Disorders, Pervasive -- rehabilitation; Adolescent; Child; Communication Disorders -- rehabilitation; Communication; Disabled Children -- education
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to AAC for individuals with autism spectrum disorders / Pat Mirenda; title: Assessment issues / Teresa Iacono and Teena Caithness; title: The presymbolic communicator with autism spectrum disorders / Charity Rowland; title: Research on the use of manual signs and graphic symbols in autism spectrum disorders : a systematic review / Oliver Wendt; title: Speech output and speech-generating devices in autism spectrum disorders / Ralf W. Schlosser, Jeff Sigafoos, and Rajinder K. Koul; title: Effects of AAC on the natural speech development of individuals with autism spectrum disorders / Diane C. Millar; title: AAC and the SCERTS(r) model : incorporating AAC within a comprehensive, multidisciplinary educational program / Emily Rubin ... [et al.]; title: The system for augmenting language : implications for young children with autism spectrum disorders / MaryAnn Romski ... [et al.]; title: Using AAC technologies to build social interaction with young children with autism spectrum disorders / Kathryn D.R. Drager, Janice C. Light, and Erinn H. Finke; title: The picture exchange communication system : clinical and research applications / Andrew Bondy and Lori Frost; title: A picture is worth a thousand words : using visual supports for augmented input with individuals with autism spectrum disorders / Pat Mirenda and Kenneth E. Brown; title: Functional communication training and choice-making interventions for the treatment of problem behavior in individuals with autism spectrum disorders / Jeff Sigafoos, Mark F. O'Reilly, and Giulio E. Lancioni; title: The role of aided AAC in replacing unconventional communicative acts with more conventional ones / Krista Wilkinson and Joe Reichle; title: Literacy in individuals with autism spectrum disorders who use AAC / David A. Koppenhaver, Karen A. Erickson, and Amy R. Williams; title: Membership, participation, and learning in general education classrooms for students with autism spectrum disorders who use AAC / Michael McSheehan, Rae M. Sonnenmeier, and Cheryl M. Jorgensen; title: Supporting the participation of adolescents and adults with complex communication needs / Teresa Iacono, Hilary Johnson, and Sheridan Forster.