Teaching Communication Skills to Students with Severe Disabilities

453 Pages·2015·5.87 MB·English

by  June E. Downing, Amy Hanreddy, Kathryn D. Peckham-Hardin

Teaching Communication Skills to Students with Severe
Disabilities
Third Edition
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Teaching Communication Skills to Students
with Severe Disabilities
Third Edition
by
June E. Downing, Ph.D.
Amy Hanreddy, Ph.D.
and
Kathryn D. Peckham-Hardin, Ph.D.
with invited contributors
Baltimore • London • Sydney
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The cases described in this book are composites based on the authors’ actual experiences.
Individuals’ names have been changed, and identifying details have been altered to protect
confidentiality.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Downing, June, 1950–
Teaching communication skills to students with severe disabilities / by June E. Downing,
Ph.D., Amy Hanreddy, Ph.D. and Kathryn D. Peckham-Hardin, Ph.D. with invited
contributors.—Third edition.
pages cm
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ISBN 978-1-59857-655-9 (paperback)—ISBN 978-1-59857-585-9 (pdf e-book)—ISBN
978-1-59857-579-8 (EPUB)—ISBN 978-1-59857-581-1 (Kindle)
1. Children with disabilities—Education. 2. Language arts. 3. Communicative disorders in
children. 4. Language disorders in children. I. Hanreddy, Amy. II. Peckham-Hardin,
Kathryn D. III. Title.
LC4028.D69 2015
371.9—dc23 2014040268
British Library Cataloguing in Publication data are available from the British Library.
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Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
About the Authors
About the Contributors
Foreword Gloria Soto
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. The Importance of Teaching Communication Skills
June E. Downing and Mary A. Falvey
2. Integrating Team Expertise to Support Communication
June E. Downing and Diane Lea Ryndak
3. Assessing Communication Skills
June E. Downing, Kathryn D. Peckham-Hardin, and Amy Hanreddy
4. The General Education Classroom: A Rich Communicative Environment
June E. Downing, Amy Hanreddy, and Kathryn D. Peckham-Hardin
5. Beginning Steps in Communication Intervention
June E. Downing and Deborah Chen
6. Considerations in Developing and Acquiring Communication Aids
Pat Mirenda
7. Teaching a Wide Range of Communication Skills: Beyond Requesting
June E. Downing, Kathryn D. Peckham-Hardin, and Amy Hanreddy
8. The Relationship Between Communication and Literacy
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Amy Hanreddy
9. The Relationship Between Communication and Challenging Behavior
Kathryn D. Peckham-Hardin
10. The Importance of Peers as Communication Partners
Erik W. Carter, Heartley B. Huber, and Elizabeth E. Biggs
Index
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List of Figures
Figure 1.1
Figure 1.2
Figure 3.1
Figure 3.2
Figure 3.3
Figure 3.4
Figure 3.5
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Figure 5.1
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Figure 6.1
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Figure 6.6
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Figure 7.1
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Figure 8.1
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Figure 8.3
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Figure 10.3
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List of Tables
Table 2.1
Table 2.2
Table 2.3
Table 2.4
Table 2.5
Table 2.6
Table 2.7
Table 4.1
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Table 4.5
Table 4.6
Table 5.1
Table 5.2
Table 5.3
Table 6.1
Table 6.2
Table 8.1
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