Children’s attitudes toward interaction with an unfamiliar peer with complex communication needs : comparing high- and low-technology devices

dc.contributor.authorDada, Shakila
dc.contributor.authorHorn, Tenille
dc.contributor.authorSamuels, Alecia E.
dc.contributor.authorSchlosser, Ralf W.
dc.contributor.emailshakila.dada@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-26T08:28:02Z
dc.date.issued2016-08
dc.description.abstractThis study examined the attitudes of children with typical development towards an unfamiliar peer with complex communication needs using augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems. Specifically, the study aimed to compare attitudes when the peer used mobile technology (i.e., iPad1©) with an AAC-specific application (Proloquo2Go2™) versus a lowtechnology communication board. A within-group crossover design was utilized involving 78 children. Half of the participants (i.e., Group 1) viewed Video 1 of an unfamiliar peer with complex communication needs in a scripted communication interaction using an iPad with Proloquo2Go followed by Video 2 of the same interaction using a communication board. The other half of the participants (Group 2) viewed these videos in the reverse sequence. The Communication Aid/Device Attitudinal Questionnaire (CADAQ) was completed after watching each video. Results indicated that both groups attitudes were more positive towards Video 1 (iPad with Prologuo2Go) on certain dimensions of the CADAQ. The results are discussed and recommendations for future research provided.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentSpeech-Language Pathology and Audiologyen_ZA
dc.description.embargo2017-08-25
dc.description.librarianhb2016en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipThe University of Pretoria Postgraduate Research Bursary and the National Research Foundation, 10.13039/ 501100001321 [KIC 92953].en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.tandfonline.com/loi/iaac20en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationShakila Dada, Tenille Horn, Alecia Samuels & Ralf W. Schlosser (2016) Children ’s attitudes toward interaction with an unfamiliar peer with complex communication needs: comparing high- and low-technology devices, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 32:4, 305-311, DOI: 10.1080/07434618.2016.1216597.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0743-4618 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1477-3848 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1080/07434618.2016.1216597
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/57005
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherTaylor and Francisen_ZA
dc.rights© 2016 International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication. This is an electronic version of an article published in Augmentative and Alternative Communication, vol. 32, no. 4, pp. 305-311, 2016. doi : 10.1080/07434618.2016.1216597. Augmentative and Alternative Communication is available online at : http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/iaac20.en_ZA
dc.subjectAttitudesen_ZA
dc.subjectMobile technologyen_ZA
dc.subjectLow-technology devicesen_ZA
dc.subjectAugmentative and alternative communication (AAC)en_ZA
dc.titleChildren’s attitudes toward interaction with an unfamiliar peer with complex communication needs : comparing high- and low-technology devicesen_ZA
dc.typePostprint Articleen_ZA

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