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Augmentative and alternative communication and severe disabilities : beyond poverty / edited by Erna Alant and Lyle L. Lloyd.

Title
Augmentative and alternative communication and severe disabilities : beyond poverty / edited by Erna Alant and Lyle L. Lloyd.
Publication
London ; Philadelphia : Whurr, 2005.

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Additional Authors
  • Alant, Erna
  • Lloyd, Lyle L.
Description
xii, 363 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Summary
"This book aims to present a different perspective on AAC intervention by focusing on the application of various AAC related issues within a poverty context. It is intended for advanced students and professionals across disciplines who are interested in extending their knowledge and critical thinking to advance issues surrounding AAC intervention within a poverty context."--Jacket.
Subject
  • Communication Aids for Disabled
  • Developing Countries
  • Disabled Persons > rehabilitation
  • People with disabilities > Means of communication
  • People with disabilities > Services for
  • Poverty
  • Socioeconomic Factors
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction / Erna Alant, Lyle L. Lloyd -- Intervention issues / Erna Alant -- Argumentative and alternative communication / Kerstin M. Tonsing, Erna Alant, Lyle L. Lloyd -- Disability and poverty / Tony Emmett -- Cultural and socio-economic influences on communication / Erna Alant -- Issues in graphic symbol communication / Erna Alant -- Service delivery in low-income countries / Roy McConkey -- Support-based AAC intervention / Erna Alant -- AAC technology for development / Erna Alant -- Family-centred early childhood intervention : new perspectives / Mats Granlund, Eva Bjorck-Akesson, Erna Alant -- Multiskilling in AAC intervention / Juan Bornman, Catharina J.E. Uys -- Peer learning and participation in AAC intervention / Margaret Lilienfeld, Erna Alant -- Training teachers for classroom AAC implementation / Shakila Dada, Erna Alant -- Promoting leadership and advocacy / Roy McConkey, Erna Alant -- Epilogue / Erna Alant, Lyle L. Lloyd.
ISBN
1861564392 (pbk.)
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library