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Following 4 Months of Social Distancing during COVID-19 Pandemic in Brazil Did Not Change Aspects of Functioning in Children and Adolescents with Developmental Disabilities: A Longitudinal Study
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Beatriz Helena Brugnaro; Gesica Fernandes; Fabiana Nascimento Vieira; Silvia Letícia Pavão; Nelci Adriana Cicuto Ferreira Rocha – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic and its demands of social distancing have created challenges in the lives of children/adolescents with developmental disabilities and their families, which would change aspects of children's functioning. The objective of this study was to evaluate changes in some components of functioning of children/adolescents with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Social Distance
Persons with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities as Subjects of Knowledge: Exploring the Possibilities of Empathy
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Synne Nese Skarsaune – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2024
Background: Persons with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) risk exclusion, both in research and as members of society. Because of their embodied communication, they face the challenges in being understood. Oftentimes, others speak on their behalf making inferences on what their perspective might be. Methods: Empathy is suggested…
Descriptors: Severe Disabilities, Multiple Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Adults
Assessing Pragmatics: DCTS and Retrospective Verbal Reports
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Beltrán-Palanques, Vicente – Research-publishing.net, 2016
Assessing pragmatic knowledge in the instructed setting is seen as a complex but necessary task, which requires the design of appropriate research methodologies to examine pragmatic performance. This study discusses the use of two different research methodologies, namely those of Discourse Completion Tests/Tasks (DCTs) and verbal reports. Research…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Trust (Psychology)