Often deficiencies in communication skills results in the display of challenging behaviour. Alternate forms of communication may be useful.
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A hierarchy of practical supports for dyspraxia in children with asd 2004 — the eight-level hierarchy of support for dyspraxia, assured that while communication occurs at each level, its expression becomes more and more understandable (intelligible), as we move up the continuum.
An Action Research Approach to Functional Communication Development 2003 Communication development is a process of behavioural learning. It is therefore subject to the same forces that generate behaviours in all areas of everyday life. It is also a process of conceptual and insight development and so is subject to the same experiential factors that we all need in order to understand the world – participation, example, positive guidance and shared experiences.
Communication Development Center — Providing speech, language, and social communication services to children of all ages for 15 years! We specialize in physically-supportive services to children with autism diagnoses, and others who benefit from sensorimotor supports. Several useful articles are available.
Facial emotion recognition in intellectual disabilities (2008) — Interpreting facial emotion is a requisite skill that enables us to navigate our social environment.
Helping Children Express Their Wants and Needs — Children with communication delays often exhibit challenging behaviors when their needs are not met. Because of the children’s limited communication skills, their caregivers misinterpret or fail to notice their communication attempts.
Perceiving Facial and Vocal Expressions of Emotion in Individuals With Williams Syndrome — These findings suggest that emotion recognition is not spared in Williams syndrome.
Pictogram Symbols — Pictogram Symbols have been in use Internationally since 1980. The distinctive white symbol on a black background provides the focus for communication and instruction
Understanding the Impact of Language Differences on Classroom Behavior — coming from a home where a language other than English is the primary language.
Using Functional Communication Training to Replace Challenging Behavior — FCT involves identifying the function or purpose of the child’s challenging behavior (for example, hitting, screaming,taking toys away from others) and then teaching an appropriate behavior that will serve the same purpose for the child.