The Effect of Augmentative and Alternative Communication Intervention on the Change of Communication Participation in the School for the Students with Non-verbal Cerebral Palsy

• Main Authors: Tzu Yi Wu, 吳姿儀
• Other Authors: 王華沛
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/33444273777676434448

碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 特殊教育學系在職進修碩士班 === 101 === The purpose of this study was to explore the effect of AAC on the changes of communication participation for students with non-verbal cerebral palsy at school. Participators of this study were two students with non-verbal cerebral palsy in the high school of special education. This study employed a multiple-baseline design across behaviors. The independent variable was the AAC, and the dependent variables were the effects of the patterns of communication participation, after the participators accepted the AAC intervention and returned to the classroom. Changes of communication participation was the result of aided AAC or non-aided AAC style, include subjects’ ability to express needs, their social etiquette, and their information exchange with others. After accepted the AAC intervention, results of this study were found as follows: A. Pattern of communication participation changed into the aided AAC style, supplemented by the unaided AAC style while subjects express their needs. B. Pattern of communication participation changed into the aided AAC style in social etiquette. C. Pattern of communication participation interleave with aided AAC and unaided AAC style while subjects exchange information with others.