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ERIC Number: EJ525995
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1079-3917
Cognitive Skills and Sign Language Knowledge of Children with Severe and Profound Mental Retardation.
Kahn, James V.
Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, v31 n2 p162-68 Jun 1996
This longitudinal study first administered the Uzgiris and Hunt scales (to predict learning of manual signs) to 34 children (mean age 5) with severe and profound mental retardation. Evaluation four years later indicated that achievement of stage five on the Uzgiris and Hunt scales was necessary for even minimal learning and use of manual signs. (DB)
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Cognitive Ability, Communication Skills, Developmental Stages, Interpersonal Communication, Knowledge Level, Language Acquisition, Learning Readiness, Longitudinal Studies, Predictor Variables, Severe Mental Retardation, Severity (of Disability), Sign Language
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Uzgiris Hunt Ordinal Scales of Psychological Devel