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ESTABLISHING PRE‐LANGUAGE SIGNALLING BEHAVIOUR WITH PROFOUNDLY MENTALLY HANDICAPPED STUDENTS: A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION
Author(s) -
Sternberg Les,
Owens Alma
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of intellectual disability research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.941
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1365-2788
pISSN - 0964-2633
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2788.1985.tb00311.x
Subject(s) - psychology , generalization , population , developmental psychology , language development , mentally retarded , cognitive psychology , medicine , mathematical analysis , mathematics , environmental health
The purpose of this investigation was to ascertain the effectiveness of a specific pre-language communication programming technique on the development of pre-language communication signalling behaviour in a group of profoundly mentally handicapped students. Results indicate that the procedure produced desired effects. Problems related to defining pre-language communication behaviours and communicative stimuli for this population, as well as issues pertaining to generalization, were discussed. Concluding comments stress the preliminary nature of the results and the need for future research in the validation of pre-language communication programming techniques.