Research Finds Communication Therapy Effective But More Studies Needed
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More research on the effectiveness of augmentative and alternative communication is necessary to guide people who work with adolescents and adults with autism, according to a review a new University of Arkansas faculty member conducted with her colleagues at Pennsylvania State University and Elmhurst College.
"Social and legal expectations for adults, and even adolescents, are far different than those expectations placed upon children," the article said. "Interaction among adolescents and adults is more complex and demanding than interaction among young children or between young children and adults."
Holyfield and her co-researchers found only 18 distinctive intervention studies involving people older than 11 with autism in a review of peer-reviewed journal articles published from 1995 to early 2017.
Despite the limited number of studies, research indicates augmentative and alternative communication intervention is effective and should be provided by clinicians, the researchers said.
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05 Oct 2017, 4:07 am
