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ERIC Number: EJ439500
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4669
Establishing Conversational Exchanges with Family and Friends: Moving from Training to Meaningful Communication.
Hunt, Pam; And Others
Journal of Special Education, v25 n3 p305-19 Fall 1991
Three high school students with severe disabilities were taught turn-taking conversational skills utilizing a communication book (containing pictures pertaining to the student's interest areas). After training, which included minimal training of conversational partners, balanced conversational turn-taking increased significantly and skills generalized to the home setting. (DB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Generalization, High Schools, Instructional Effectiveness, Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Competence, Severe Disabilities, Severe Mental Retardation, Training Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Conversation; Turn Taking