Using Total Communication with Young Children with Down Syndrome: A Literature Review and Case Study.

Gibbs, Elizabeth D.; Carswell, Lynn E.

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ERIC Number: EJ441917

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Publication Date: 1991

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Using Total Communication with Young Children with Down Syndrome: A Literature Review and Case Study.

Gibbs, Elizabeth D.; Carswell, Lynn E.

Early Education and Development, v2 n4 p306-20 Oct 1991

Total communication is the simultaneous use of speech and manual signs. This article presents a literature review regarding language disabilities of children with Down's syndrome and a case study concerning the effectiveness of the use of total communication with an infant with Down's syndrome. (Author/BB)

Descriptors: Case Studies, Downs Syndrome, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention, Expressive Language, Infants, Language Handicaps, Literature Reviews, Manual Communication, Oral Language, Speech Therapy, Total Communication

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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