Abstract
Effective communication skills are essential to high quality of life outcomes for all students. This chapter describes an approach and several strategies for teaching communication skills to students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and extensive support needs (ESN). It offers guidance across several areas of educational programming including assessment, augmentative alternative communication, teaching basic communication skills, and promoting generalization.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Springer International Handbooks of Education |
| Pages | 331-347 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2025 |
Publication series
| Name | Springer International Handbooks of Education |
|---|---|
| Volume | Part F910 |
| ISSN (Print) | 2197-1951 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 2197-196X |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2025.
Keywords
- Augmentative alternative communication
- Communication intervention
- Extensive support needs
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Education
- Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
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