• Use of an intelligent tutoring system for a curriculum on augmentative and alternative communication : feasibility for implementation 

  Dada, Shakila; Flores, Cathy; Bastable, Kirsty; Tonsing, Kerstin Monika; Samuels, Alecia E.; Mukhopadhyay, Sourav; Isanda, Beatrice; Bampoe, Josephine Ohenewa; Stemela-Zali, Unati; Karim, Saira Banu; Moodley, Legini; May, Adele; Morwane, Refilwe E.; Smith, Katherine; Mothapo, Rahab; Mohuba, Mavis; Casey, Maureen; Laher, Zakiyya; Mtungwa, Nothando; Moore, Robyn (Wiley, 2024)

  BACKGROUND : Over 8 million children with disabilities live in Africa and are candidates for augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), yet formal training for team members, such as speech–language therapists and ...
• Augmentative and alternative communication training : the effect on perceptions of special school teachers 

  Ngcobo, Bathobile Charity; Bornman, Juan (Education Association of South Africa, 2024-08)

  Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) strategies benefit learners with complex communication needs (CCN) by allowing them to participate, interact and learn. AAC is realised in the South African Education policy; ...
• Relationships between psychological distress and affective, behavioral, and cognitive experiences of stuttering 

  Panzarino, Randy; Vanryckeghem, Martine; Bedwell, Jeffrey S.; Wendt, Oliver (American Speech Language Hearing Association, 2024-01)

  PURPOSE : People who stutter (PWS) are vulnerable to the development of various psychopathological symptoms, although prevalence data are mixed and less clarity exists about factors that potentially influence their ...
• Accommodating persons with communication disabilities in court : perspectives of law students 

  Bornman, Juan; Msipa, Dianah (AOSIS, 2024-07)

  BACKGROUND: Individuals with communication disabilities encounter obstacles in attaining equal access to justice compared to others. Despite experiencing widespread violence and abuse, they come across as challenges in ...
• Identifying components of a person-centered augmentative and alternative communication intervention for people with dementia : opinions of an international expert panel 

  May, Adele; Dada, Shakila; Murray, Janice (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2024-07)

  PURPOSE : Despite general agreement on the importance of person-centered care in speech-language pathology, guidelines for developing person-centered interventions for those with dementia are limited. This study aimed ...
• Describing the spoken language skills of typically developing Afrikaans-speaking children using language sample analysis : a pilot study 

  Liebenberg, Petria; Van der Linde, Jeannie; Schimper, Isabella; De Wet, Febe; Graham, Marien Alet; Bornman, Juan (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2023-04)

  PURPOSE : Language sample analysis is widely regarded as the gold standard of language assessment. However, the uncertainty regarding the optimal length of sample and the limited availability of developmental language ...
• Support needs of familiar caregivers caring for persons who are minimally responsive : an ecological system approach 

  Kuyler, Arine; Johnson, Ensa; Bornman, Juan (Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2023-12-04)

  OBJECTIVE : The main aim of this study was to identify the multidimensional support needs of familiar caregivers and to identify the lessons they had learned throughout the caregiving process. BACKGROUND : Persons who ...
• A mHealth application for the training of caregivers of children with developmental disorders in South Africa : rationale and initial piloting 

  De Leo, Gianluca; Romski, MaryAnn; King, Marika; Renzi, Marco; Sevcik, Rose A.; Bornman, Juan (AME Publishing Company, 2024-04)

  BACKGROUND : Evidence-based mobile health (mHealth) interventions have been successful for an array of physical and mental health conditions. Children with developmental disorders (DD) often have secondary speech and ...
• Changing the story : the evaluation of a leadership development programme for vulnerable and deaf youth in South Africa 

  Bastable, Kirsty; Cooke, Paul; Harvey, Lou; Olarte, Victoria; Casteleijn, Daleen; Dada, Shakila (MDPI, 2023-11-13)

  Vulnerable youth and youth with disabilities are at great risk of not having their rights met. In addition, they face challenges with regard to empowerment and participation in their own lives. Youth development programmes ...
• Cultural considerations in caregiver-implemented naturalistic developmental behavioral interventions : a scoping review 

  Douglas, Sarah N.; Dada, Shakila; Tonsing, Kerstin Monika; Samuels, Alecia E.; Owusu, Prince (Springer, 2024)

  Globally, there is an increasing focus on interventions that are culturally relevant for children and families from diverse cultural, racial, and ethnic groups. We conducted a scoping review to evaluate what populations ...
• Analyzing Eswatini’s national disability policy reforms: access to health care implications for citizens with disabilities 

  Masuku, Khetsiwe P.; Bornman, Juan; Johnson, Ensa (Sage, 2024-09)

  In 2012, Eswatini ratified the United Nation’s Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), and in 2013 developed the national disability policy reform documents to implement the CRPD across different ...
• Persons with disabilities in the Christian church: a scoping review on the impact of expressions of compassion and justice on their inclusion and participation 

  McMahon-Panther, Gail; Bornman, Juan (Routledge, 2024)

  Despite the recognition of societal inclusion as a human right, persons with disabilities face many barriers preventing their participation in mainstream Christian denominations. A scoping review was conducted to map the ...
• Agreement between children with long-term health conditions and their primary caregivers on reports of perceived participation 

  Zheng, Hong; Bornman, Juan; Granlund, Mats; Zhao, Yue; Huus, Karina (Frontiers Media, 2023-06-07)

  BACKGROUND : There is limited knowledge regarding the perceived participation of children with long-term health conditions in everyday activities. Children may have perceptions that differ from those of their primary ...
• A review of interventions for children and youth with severe disabilities in inclusive education 

  Dada, Shakila; Wilder, Jenny; May, Auriel Adele; Klang, Nina; Pillay, Mershen (Taylor and Francis, 2023-11-12)

  Children with severe disabilities are often excluded from educational opportunities due to inter alia attitudinal barriers and a lack of teacher training. This scoping review paper assessed intervention studies focused ...
• Research on the methodology of LSA with preschool children : a scoping review 

  Ludtke, Ulrike; Ehlert, Hanna; Gaigulo, Dana; Bornman, Juan (Korean Association of Speech-Language Pathologists, 2023-08)

  PURPOSE : Language Sample Analysis (LSA) is a prominent method in researching language development and is also used in clinical practice in the speech-language pathology (SLP) discipline. This scoping review aims to describe ...
• Interrogating neurotypical bias in facilitated communication, rapid prompting method, and spelling 2 communicate through a humanistic lens 

  Schlosser, Ralf W.; Prabhu, Anjali (Springer, 2024-03)

  PURPOSE OF REVIEW : Minimally-speaking autistic individuals can be effectively supported through evidence-based augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). Instead, some families/clinicians rely on facilitator-dependent ...
• An umbrella review of systematic reviews : characteristics of communication partner training that facilitate learning in communication partners of adults with acquired neurogenic communication disorders 

  Kuyler, Arine; Johnson, Ensa; Bornman, Juan (Canadian Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists, 2023)

  Communication partner training is typically designed to equip communication partners of adults with acquired neurogenic communication disorders with the necessary skills to create communication opportunities. Communication ...
• Using a self-guided app to provide communication strategies for caregivers of young children with developmental disorders 

  Romski, MaryAnn; Sevcik, Rose A.; King, Marika; DeLeo, Gianluca; Branum-Martin, Lee; Bornman, Juan (Wiley, 2023-03)

  One important evidence-based component of early communication interventions in high-income countries is teaching parents and other primary caregivers to provide communication opportunities in daily activities to ...
• The importance of SDG 17 and equitable partnerships in maximising participation of persons with communication disabilities and their families 

  Dada, Shakila; Wylie, Karen; Marshall, Julie; Rochus, David; Bampoe, Josephine Ohenewa (Taylor and Francis, 2023)

  BACKGROUND : Equitable partnerships across borders, sectors and communities are integral in creating shared understanding, novel solutions and sustainable development. Sustainable development goal (SDG) 17: Partnerships ...
• Stakeholder validation of a Sepedi core vocabulary list as a resource for augmentative and alternative communication 

  Tonsing, Kerstin Monika; Mothapo, Ngwanamashiane R.B.; Morwane, Refilwe E.; Soto, Gloria (Taylor and Francis, 2024)

  PURPOSE : The development of culturally and linguistically appropriate resources to support communication interventions for underserved communities is an urgent necessity. The purpose of the study was to obtain stakeholder ...

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