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Supporting a school team in planning and implementing AAC for a child with intellectual disability

Snodgrass, Melinda Rae

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Title
Supporting a school team in planning and implementing AAC for a child with intellectual disability
Author(s)
Snodgrass, Melinda Rae
Issue Date
2016-07-05
Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)
Meadan-Kaplansky, Hedda
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Meadan-Kaplansky, Hedda
Committee Member(s)
  • Halle, James W.
  • Greene, Jennifer C.
  • Reichle, Joe
Department of Study
Special Education
Discipline
Special Education
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
  • augmentative and alternative communication
  • team functioning
  • instruction
  • communicative competence
  • family-school partnerships
Abstract
Supporting a child who cannot use speech and also has a language disorder to learn augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) is often challenging for families and school teams. I provided one school-family team with supports package that consisted of a structured team meeting and one-on-one coaching. I examined the effectiveness of this supports package in facilitating (a) team functioning, (b) instructional competence in AAC instruction, and (c) the child's communication. The supports package was effective in improving team functioning and building instructional competence, which led to positive changes in the child’s communication using AAC. However, the supports package was insufficient in supporting ongoing functioning and instructional competence that lead to the child’s independent, autonomous communication via AAC. This suggests that the supports package is a useful first step in this process but that additional ongoing supports are needed.
Graduation Semester
2016-08
Type of Resource
text
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Copyright and License Information
Copyright 2016 Melinda R. Snodgrass

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