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Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (CAAC): Recent submissions
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(Springer, 2024-04)To review the longitudinal trajectories – and the factors influencing their development – of mental health problems in children with neurodevelopmental disabilities. Systematic review methods were employed. Searches of ...
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(Elmer Press, 2024-11)This paper describes a case study of a 56-year-old male patient with a small cavernous hemangioma and concurrent peripheral vestibular symptoms, initially thought to warrant neurosurgical intervention. A structured, ...
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(Taylor and Francis, 2025)AIM : To compare children with and without neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD) in self-rated activity competence, participation, and the associations between activity competence and participation. METHODS : This cross-sectional ...
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(Center for Disability Services, 2024-10)A positive correlation exists between having a university degree and being employed. The opportunity to earn a university degree, however, is challenging for students with intellectual disability, as universities are ...
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(MDPI, 2024-12)While the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) has significantly contributed to educational research supporting inclusive initiatives worldwide, its application in special education ...
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(Taylor and Francis, 2024)This qualitative study aimed to describe speech-language pathologists’ (SLPs’) perspectives on augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) use for people with post-stroke aphasia focusing on: (a) current AAC practice, ...
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(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2024-11)SIGNIFICANCE : South Africa has a serious shortage of healthcare professionals trained to provide early intervention services for young children with disabilities, especially in the public healthcare sector, accessed by ...
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(Taylor and Francis, 2024-08-07)Since effective and successful AAC service delivery relies on the knowledge and competence of professionals in the field of AAC, sufficient training in AAC will equip professionals to provide quality AAC service delivery. ...
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(Wiley, 2024-11)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 ...
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(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; ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(Routledge, 2025)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 ...
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