Teacher identification of potential communicative acts in children with deafblindness

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dc.contributor.advisorDavis, Barbara L. (Barbara Lockett)en
dc.contributor.committeeMemberDurkel, Jamesen
dc.creatorSmith, Haley Michelleen
dc.date.accessioned2010-10-27T20:29:03Zen
dc.date.accessioned2010-10-27T20:29:09Zen
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-11T22:20:30Z
dc.date.available2010-10-27T20:29:03Zen
dc.date.available2010-10-27T20:29:09Zen
dc.date.available2017-05-11T22:20:30Z
dc.date.issued2010-05en
dc.date.submittedMay 2010en
dc.date.updated2010-10-27T20:29:09Zen
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dc.description.abstractAbstract: Identification of, and responsiveness to, the communicative attempts of children with developmental delays’ is essential to developing intentional, symbolic communication. The current study was a replication of Keen, Sigafoos, and Woodyatt’s 2005 study titled Teacher Responses to the Communicative Attempts of Children With Autism, with modifications to the participants used in the study. The Inventory of Potential Communicative Acts (IPCA; Sigafoos et al, 2000) was used with three teachers of three children with deafblindness to determine if teachers were able to identify potential communicative acts (PCAs) of their students using the IPCA during an interview session. Additionally, analysis of teacher responsiveness to student PCAs took place during a 30-minute classroom observation session. All three teachers identified a wide range of student PCAs during the IPCA interview and showed high levels of responsiveness to those PCAs during the naturalistic, classroom observation. Low interobserver agreement, clinical implications, and directions for future research are discussed.en
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2010-05-1199en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.subjectDeafblinden
dc.subjectChildrenen
dc.subjectPotential communication actsen
dc.subjectPrelinguisticen
dc.subjectTeacher responsivenessen
dc.titleTeacher identification of potential communicative acts in children with deafblindnessen
dc.type.genrethesisen

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