Active engagement in interactions is crucial for the development of identity, social
competence, and cognitive abilities. For children with severe speech impairment (SSI) who …

The aim of this study is to examine whether the asymmetrical pattern of communication
usually found between people who use augmentative and alternative communication and …

This thesis uses the principles and practices of Conversation Analysis in an examination of
conversational interaction between non-speaking children with Cerebral Palsy using voice …

In this study, we videotaped two 10-min. free-play interactions and coded speech acts (SAs)
in peer talk of 51 preschoolers (21 ASD, 30 typical), interacting with friend versus non-friend …

The purpose of this current research was to determine the effect of familiarity of conversation
partners on contributed conversation turns to dyadic conversation between individuals who …

While children with developmental disabilities often fail to develop speech, many will
nonetheless engage in a range of prelinguistic behaviours. Prelinguistic behaviours include …

Inequality in communicative resources available to non‐speaking children with cerebral
palsy in comparison with their 'naturally'speaking co‐participants has material …

This study investigated the ability of 6 children with specific language impairment (SLI), ages
8; 10 to 12; 5 (years; months), to enter and participate in an ongoing dyadic interaction …

Background It is a recognised, and oriented to, feature of conversation that talk can be
continuous or discontinuous (Sacks et al. 1974). Talk may be described as continuous …

This study explores whether gesture-speech coordination in children with developmental
language disorder (DLD) enhances their communication. Multimodal approaches (Kendon …