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January 1, 1996Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Promoting nontask-related communication at vocational sites

Kathryn Wolff Heller Margaret Allgood Bobby Davis Susan Arnold Melanie Castelle Teresa A. Taber

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This study examined the effectiveness of using dual communication boards (one for the student and one for the communication partner) on increasing nontask-related communication between students and coworkers at community-based vocational training sites. Three students with mental retardation and deaf-blindness or deafness participated in the study. All three students were able to communicate effectively using the communication system with 80 to 100% accuracy. Coworkers found this to be an important skill and wanted to continue this form of communication. Issues for achieving a natural conversation, symbol selection, and vocabulary selection are discussed.

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Heller et al. (1996) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a704ff453da1ffdb507a1ef https://doi.org/10.1080/07434619612331277618

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