Review

Teaching Communication Skills to Children with Severe Disabilities: Using Evidence-Based Practices

Volume: 3 Number: 2 December 31, 2020
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Teaching Communication Skills to Children with Severe Disabilities: Using Evidence-Based Practices

Abstract

Many children with severe disabilities are having difficulties in communication. These difficulties limit their social interaction and communication with their peers and other people. Some of these children may develop inappropriate and unacceptable forms of communication to interact with people. Performing a comprehensive assessment and choosing an effective intervention are extremely important to prevent these children from developing inappropriate communication behaviors and teach them more functional and acceptable communication skills. This study provides information regarding how to perform a comprehensive assessment and introduce the communication matrix, which is an online assessment tool used to get further information of a child’s communication skills. Sample assessment results of a 13-year-old, seven grades, female student with communication difficulties is provided and sample objectives are developed based on student’s assessment results. In addition, evidence-based practices and the importance of their use for children with communication difficulties are explained.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Studies on Education

Journal Section

Review

Publication Date

December 31, 2020

Submission Date

November 19, 2020

Acceptance Date

December 7, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2020 Volume: 3 Number: 2

APA
Karnas, M. (2020). Teaching Communication Skills to Children with Severe Disabilities: Using Evidence-Based Practices. International Journal of Scholars in Education, 3(2), 213-221. https://izlik.org/JA52RG67RK
AMA
1.Karnas M. Teaching Communication Skills to Children with Severe Disabilities: Using Evidence-Based Practices. IJSE. 2020;3(2):213-221. https://izlik.org/JA52RG67RK
Chicago
Karnas, Mustafa. 2020. “Teaching Communication Skills to Children With Severe Disabilities: Using Evidence-Based Practices”. International Journal of Scholars in Education 3 (2): 213-21. https://izlik.org/JA52RG67RK.
EndNote
Karnas M (December 1, 2020) Teaching Communication Skills to Children with Severe Disabilities: Using Evidence-Based Practices. International Journal of Scholars in Education 3 2 213–221.
IEEE
[1]M. Karnas, “Teaching Communication Skills to Children with Severe Disabilities: Using Evidence-Based Practices”, IJSE, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 213–221, Dec. 2020, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA52RG67RK
ISNAD
Karnas, Mustafa. “Teaching Communication Skills to Children With Severe Disabilities: Using Evidence-Based Practices”. International Journal of Scholars in Education 3/2 (December 1, 2020): 213-221. https://izlik.org/JA52RG67RK.
JAMA
1.Karnas M. Teaching Communication Skills to Children with Severe Disabilities: Using Evidence-Based Practices. IJSE. 2020;3:213–221.
MLA
Karnas, Mustafa. “Teaching Communication Skills to Children With Severe Disabilities: Using Evidence-Based Practices”. International Journal of Scholars in Education, vol. 3, no. 2, Dec. 2020, pp. 213-21, https://izlik.org/JA52RG67RK.
Vancouver
1.Mustafa Karnas. Teaching Communication Skills to Children with Severe Disabilities: Using Evidence-Based Practices. IJSE [Internet]. 2020 Dec. 1;3(2):213-21. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA52RG67RK