Breaking the Speech Barrier: Language Development Through Augmented Means

Romski, Mary Ann; Sevcik, Rose A.

ISBN 10: 1557662525 / ISBN 13: 9781557662521

Published by Brookes Pub, 1996

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Breaking the Speech Barrier: Language Development Through Augmented Means
• Publisher: Brookes Pub
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1557662525
• ISBN 13: 9781557662521
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: very_good

About this title

Synopsis

In engaging, storytelling style, speech-language pathologist Romski and psychologist Sevcik describe how they carried their research from language lab to school and in the process changed the lives of the youth to whom they brought the SAL. A replicable system that fosters naturalistic exchanges between communicative partners using electronic speech-output devices, the SAL extends the power of communication to children otherwise locked out of the world around them. With a new level of vocabulary mastery, students enjoy not only enhanced communicative skills but also higher judgments of competence from both familiar and unfamiliar observers. One award-winning SAL application, Project FACTT (Facilitating Augmentative Communication Through Technology) provides innovative augmentative communication services to school-age children with severe disabilities and is described in detail.

About the Author

Mary Ann Romski, Ph.D., is Professor of Communication, Psychology and Educational Psychology & Special Education.