The Iconicity of Picture Communication Symbols for Children with English Additional Language and Mild Intellectual Disability.

The purpose of this study was to examine the iconicity of 16 Picture Communication Symbols (PCS) presented on a themed bed-making communication overlay for South African children with English as an additional language and mild intellectual disability. The survey involved 30 participants. The results...

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Publicado en:AAC: Augmentative & Alternative Communication Vol. 29; no. 4; pp. 360 - 374
Autores principales: Dada, Shakila, Huguet, Alice, Bornman, Juan
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Dec2013
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        affil: Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (CAAC), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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        English as a foreign language
        Facilitated communication
        Intelligence tests
        Intellectual disabilities
        Signs & symbols
        Statistics
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        Data analysis
        Quantitative research
        Task performance
        Inter-observer reliability
        Severity of illness index
        Descriptive statistics
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          English as a foreign language
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          Statistics
          Video recording
          Data analysis
          Quantitative research
          Task performance
          Inter-observer reliability
          Severity of illness index
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        Distinctiveness
        English additional language (EAL)
        Iconicity; Intellectual disability
        PCS modification
        PCS removal
        PCS replacement
        Picture Communication Symbols (PCS)
      ab: The purpose of this study was to examine the iconicity of 16 Picture Communication Symbols (PCS) presented on a themed bed-making communication overlay for South African children with English as an additional language and mild intellectual disability. The survey involved 30 participants. The results indicated that, overall, the 16 symbols were relatively iconic to the participants. The authors suggest that the iconicity of picture symbols could be manipulated, enhanced, and influenced by contextual effects (other PCS used simultaneously on the communication overlay). In addition, selection of non-target PCS for target PCS were discussed in terms of postulated differences in terms of distinctiveness. Potential clinical implications and limitations of the study, as well as recommendations for future research, are discussed.
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