Functional Communication: Analyzing the Nonlinguistic Skills of Individuals with Severe or Profound Handicaps (Disorders of Human Learning, Behavior, and Communication)

DEVELOPMENT OF NON-LINGUISTIC COMMUNICATION SKILLS, which presents the results of research accomplished through the joint sponsorship of the SonomaDevelopment Center (SDS) and the College of Education of Florida Atlantic University (FAU), examines the development of prelanguage and nonlingu- istic skills in individuals with various types and degrees of developmental disabilities. Utilizing the dichotomies that may exist betweencommunication and language, the book explores communication skills rather than formal language systems acquisition. Front Matter....Pages i-xi Theories of Communication Development....Pages 1-17 Research on Nonlinguistic Communication Functioning of Individuals with Severe or Profound Handicaps....Pages 18-37 Intervention Models to Develop Nonlinguistic Communication....Pages 38-56 The Sonoma Research Project: Facilities, Population Communication Needs, and Subjects....Pages 57-69 The Sonoma Research Project: Issues, Variables, and Methods of Investigation....Pages 70-96 The Sonoma Research Project: Data Analysis Design and Results....Pages 97-112 The Sonoma Research Project: Discussion and Conclusions....Pages 113-124 Back Matter....Pages 125-129