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ERIC Number: EJ368871
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Reference Count: 0
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Training Pragmatic Language Skills through Alternate Strategies with a Blind Multiply Handicapped Child.
Evans, C. J.; Johnson, C. J.
Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, v82 n3 p109-12 Mar 1988
A blind multiply handicapped preschooler was taught to respond appropriately to two adjacency pair types ("where question-answer" and "comment-acknowledgement"). The two alternative language acquisition strategies available to blind children were encouraged: echolalia to maintain communicative interactions and manual searching to learn about the environment. (Author/VW)
Descriptors: Blindness, Communication Skills, Echolalia, Language Acquisition, Language Research, Language Skills, Multiple Disabilities, Preschool Education, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Manual Skills