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Publication Date: 2005-Dec
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From Premack to PECS: 25 Years of Progress in Communication Intervention for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities
Sigafoos, Jeff
Educational Psychology, v25 n6 p601-607 Dec 2005
Educational and behavioural psychologists have made major contributions to the field of communication intervention for individuals with developmental and physical disabilities. A brief personal perspective is provided on some of the major works and contributors that have shaped the field over the past 25 years. Major contributions and personal influences include: (a) David Premack and other ape-language researchers; (b) Reichle's work on graphic-mode communication; (c) Bondy and Frost's Picture-Exchange Communication System; and (d) a chance encounter with some unused communication devices. The advances made over the past 25 years in this area have been dramatic and have enabled many non-speaking individuals with developmental and physical disabilities to communicate more effectively.
Descriptors: Physical Disabilities, Developmental Disabilities, Communication Disorders, Interpersonal Communication, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Animals, Communication Skills, Social Science Research
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