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Torres-Viso, Mariana Siku – ProQuest LLC, 2015
Previous research on the use of voice output communication aids (VOCAs) has found a number of positive effects on the behavior of both the VOCA user and their communicative partners. Among these outcomes, studies have found that incorporating speech output into language learning tasks may result in faster and more efficient learning for adults…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Disabilities, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Hayes, Brandalyn; Ashley, Mandi; Salter, Derrick – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The overall purpose of this study was to provide school districts within Tennessee with more research about how weekly hours of inclusion impact student achievement. Specifically, researchers examined which models of inclusion were in use in two school districts in Tennessee, administrators' and teachers' perceptions of inclusion, and whether or…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Academic Achievement, School Districts, Teacher Administrator Relationship
Salter, Derrick; Ashley, Mandi; Hayes, Brandalyn – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The overall purpose of this study was to provide school districts within Tennessee with more research about how weekly hours of inclusion impact student achievement. Specifically, researchers examined which models of inclusion were in use in two school districts in Tennessee, administrators' and teachers' perceptions of inclusion, and whether or…
Descriptors: Inclusion, School Districts, Academic Achievement, Teacher Attitudes
Fisher, Kimberly Geneva – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to determine the degree to which general education teachers in elementary schools believe they are prepared to teach children/students with specific special education exceptionalities in the general education classroom. The study addresses the exceptionalities of: autism, speech/language disorder, specific learning…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Regular and Special Education Relationship, Mainstreaming
Tedoff, Marc Alan – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Teaching communication skills to children with autism is a primary concern because speech and/or language delay characterize autism. One method of teaching verbal communication skills to children with autism is script fading. This study examined the effects of teaching children with autism to exchange information to peers about objects and…
Descriptors: Scripts, Verbal Communication, Intervention, Autism