ERIC Number: EJ912531
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Feb
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-1525-7401
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Co-Construction as a Facilitative Factor in Supporting the Personal Narratives of Children Who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Solomon-Rice, Patti; Soto, Gloria
Communication Disorders Quarterly, v32 n2 p70-82 Feb 2011
Adult co-construction with children who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) has been found to facilitate child communicative competence in general, but few studies have examined adult co-construction during the telling of personal narratives. This study explored the use of adult co-constructive strategies during personal storytelling with a child who used AAC. Case study discourse analysis methodology was utilized to analyze the types of co-construction strategies employed and the effectiveness of these co-construction strategies during an intervention session with a speech-language pathologist and a child who used AAC. The study concluded that use of child-centered co-construction strategies, including elicitation, question asking, prompts, positive praise, repetitions, and modeling of vocabulary and grammar, might be a facilitative factor in supporting the personal narratives of children who use AAC. Clinical implications for using child-centered co-construction during dyadic exchanges with children who use AAC are discussed. (Contains 1 table.)
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Speech Language Pathology, Discourse Analysis, Personal Narratives, Communicative Competence (Languages), Children, Adults, Story Telling, Case Studies, Intervention, Prompting, Questioning Techniques, Repetition, Vocabulary, Grammar, Drills (Practice)
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