Teaching South African center-based caregivers to implement augmentative and alternative communication strategies

dc.contributor.authorTonsing, Kerstin Monika
dc.contributor.authorDada, Shakila
dc.contributor.emailkerstin.tonsing@up.ac.zaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-18T11:39:52Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractIn South Africa, many children with extensive support needs—including children who require AAC—are accommodated in care centers rather than the public schooling system. Caregivers employed at these centers need training in order to support children’s communication using augmentative and alternative methods. A total of 29 center-based caregivers took part in this study. A single group pretest-posttest design was used to evaluate the effect of a 5-day training workshop on caregivers’ ability to demonstrate and implement five AAC strategies. The effect of the workshop on caregivers’ perceptions of their own skills as well as the social validity of the training were also evaluated. Results suggest that the workshop effectively taught caregivers to demonstrate the skills in a simulated roleplay situation. A proportion of caregivers also supplied video footage after the workshop that suggests the ability to implement the strategies in the care center contexts. Caregivers also perceived their own skills to have improved post workshop, and evaluated the training positively.en_US
dc.description.departmentCentre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (CAAC)en_US
dc.description.embargo2024-12-26
dc.description.librarianhj2024en_US
dc.description.sdgSDG-04:Quality Educationen_US
dc.description.urihttp://www.tandfonline.com/loi/iaac20en_US
dc.identifier.citationTönsing, K. & Dada, S. 2024, 'Teaching South African center-based caregivers to implement augmentative and alternative communication strategies', AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 208-218, doi : 10.1080/07434618.2023.2294741. .en_US
dc.identifier.issn0743-4618 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1477-3848 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1080/07434618.2023.2294741
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/95253
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTaylor and Francisen_US
dc.rights© 2023 International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication. This is an electronic version of an article published in Augmentative and Alternative Communication, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 208-218, 2024, doi : 10.1080/07434618.2023.2294741. Augmentative and Alternative Communication is available online at : http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/iaac20.en_US
dc.subjectAugmentative and alternative communication (AAC)en_US
dc.subjectCenter-based caregiversen_US
dc.subjectChildren in need of AACen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africa (SA)en_US
dc.subjectTraining workshopen_US
dc.subjectSDG-04: Quality educationen_US
dc.titleTeaching South African center-based caregivers to implement augmentative and alternative communication strategiesen_US
dc.typePostprint Articleen_US

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