Speech, language and aided communication: connections and questions in a developmental context
- Författare
- Smith, M.
- Titel
- Speech, language and aided communication: connections and questions in a developmental context
- Utgivningsår
- 2006
- Tidskrift
- Disability and Rehabilitation
- Volym
- 28
- Häfte
- 3
- Sidor
- 151–7
- Sammanfattning
Abstract
PURPOSE:
This discussion paper focuses on four potential complexities in the language development of children with severe congenital speech impairments, who use graphic symbols as a primary means of expression.
METHOD:
Some of the literature in relation to language development in aided communication is reviewed.
RESULTS:
Four potentially significant connections are discussed, relating to: (i) the features of graphic symbols; (ii) the complexity of multi-modal communication; (iii) the impact of selection and production on the process of developing a language system; and (iv), the connection between development and learning.
CONCLUSIONS:
It is proposed that the connections outlined are of fundamental significance in guiding intervention planning and in supporting language development in ways that have theoretical coherence.