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Children’s attitudes toward interaction with an unfamiliar peer with little or no functional speech : comparing high- and low- technology devices
Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2014.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/42056 Children’s attitudes toward interaction with an unfamiliar peer with little or no functional speech : comparing high- and low- technology devices Dada, Shakila tenille.horn@gmail.com Horn, Tenille Augmentative and alternative communication Inclusion Attitudes Peers Dedicated devices Non-dedicated devices Low-technology devices UCTD Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2014. Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) provides many individuals with little or no functional speech (LNFS) with a means to function within their daily environments and lives. AAC comprises the use of either or both unaided (the individual with LNFS‘s body) and aided (high- and low-technology devices) methods for communicating. High-technology non-dedicated devices like the iPad™ with Proloquo2Go have changed the future of augmentative and alternative communication. This study aimed to determine and compare the attitudes of typically developing children towards an unfamiliar peer with LNFS who uses a high-technology nondedicated communication device, namely the iPad™ with Proloquo2Go (Video 1), and the same unfamiliar peer with LNFS using a low-technology communication board (Video 2). Seventy-eight (78) children between the ages of 9; 00 -12; 11, participated in the study. The participants were divided into two groups and a 2 x 2 crossover design was utilized. Group 1 was required to watch two videos in a specific sequence, one video of an unfamiliar peer with LNFS communicating with the high-technology non-dedicated iPad™ with Proloquo2Go, followed by a video of the same unfamiliar peer with LNFS in a communication interaction using a low-technology communication board. Participants were required to complete a Communication Aid/Device Attitudinal Questionnaire (CADAQ) after viewing each video. Participants in Group 2 watched the same videos in an alternating sequence in order to counterbalance effects of order. Results revealed that the video of the unfamiliar peer with LNFS using the iPad™ with Proloquo2Go was perceived more positively by the participants within certain dimensions of the CADAQ and the possible reasons are described. This is followed by a critical evaluation of the study and recommendations for future research. gm2014 Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (CAAC) Unrestricted 2014-09-22T10:03:06Z 2014-09-22T10:03:06Z 2014-09-05 2014 Dissertation Horn, T 2014, Children’s attitudes toward interaction with an unfamiliar peer with little or no functional speech : comparing high- and low- technology devices, MA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/42056> M14/9/103/gm http://hdl.handle.net/2263/42056 en © 2014 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Augmentative and alternative communication Inclusion Attitudes Peers Dedicated devices Non-dedicated devices Low-technology devices UCTD Children’s attitudes toward interaction with an unfamiliar peer with little or no functional speech : comparing high- and low- technology devices |
| title | Children’s attitudes toward interaction with an unfamiliar peer with little or no functional speech : comparing high- and low- technology devices |
| title_full | Children’s attitudes toward interaction with an unfamiliar peer with little or no functional speech : comparing high- and low- technology devices |
| title_fullStr | Children’s attitudes toward interaction with an unfamiliar peer with little or no functional speech : comparing high- and low- technology devices |
| title_full_unstemmed | Children’s attitudes toward interaction with an unfamiliar peer with little or no functional speech : comparing high- and low- technology devices |
| title_short | Children’s attitudes toward interaction with an unfamiliar peer with little or no functional speech : comparing high- and low- technology devices |
| title_sort | children s attitudes toward interaction with an unfamiliar peer with little or no functional speech comparing high and low technology devices |
| topic | Augmentative and alternative communication Inclusion Attitudes Peers Dedicated devices Non-dedicated devices Low-technology devices UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/42056 |