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The benefits of an immersive Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Camp experience for Rehabilitation Medicine students
Download2017-06-22
Ames, Allison, Archer, Britany, Inkster, Michelle, Pollock, Karen
Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) camps provide opportunities for children who use AAC, and their families, to build communication skills in a short-term intensive format. Students in graduate rehabilitation medicine programs are often utilized as counsellors at these camps, but...
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2011/30/11
Horricks, Desirae, Blair, Olivia, Smith, Alaina, Nowik, Andrea
This paper outlines the process involved in the development of a speech and language focused workbook that was created in collaboration with the Brain Care Center, in Edmonton, Alberta. ‘A Workbook for Individuals with Aphasia – Take Home Practice for Speech and Language’ was created to support...
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2011-06-01
It is commonly believed that collaboration enhances quality of life for both practicing professionals and for their clients (D’Amour & Oandasan, 2005). Hebert (2005) comments that “many of us are ‘true believers’ in interprofessional practice” (Herbert, 2005, p.3), suggesting that the voice of...
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2012-02-08
Interprofessional collaboration is prevalent in the healthcare field. Both students and practitioners are expected to take part in interprofessional collaboration. Most research focuses on the positive aspects of interprofessional collaboration, which includes better patient care, lower...
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The Development and Effectiveness of an Online Phonetics Refresher Module for Incoming Speech-Language Pathology Students
Download2017-04-21
Blackmore, Sarah, Geisheimer, Sarah, Grant, Kelsey, Preus, Ashley, Pollock, Karen
This project involved the development and evaluation of an online phonetics refresher module for incoming speech-language pathology (SLP) students at the University of Alberta, class of 2018. The module was intended to provide new students with the opportunity to review phonetics concepts and...
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The Development of Idiom Comprehension in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
2011-06-17
Hebert, Mireille, Rajan, Farah
This project is concerned with the development of idiom comprehension in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The performance of four children between the ages of 6 and 13 years, with High Functioning Autism (HFA), was compared on different idiom interpretation tasks. The three idiom...
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2009
Adams, K., Sunm, M., Higginbotham, D.J., Yik, F., Bisnatz, A.M.
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices include special purpose electronic devices that generate speech output and are used by individuals to augment or replace vocal communication. Word prediction, including context specific prediction, has been proposed to help overcome...
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2009
Adams, Kimberley, Bisantz, Ann, Sunm, Michelle, Higginbotham, Jeffrey
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices are special purpose electronic devices that generate speech output and are used by individuals who have specialized communication needs instead of voice communication. Word prediction, including context specific prediction has been proposed...
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The effect of light touch on standing sway when the stability of the external touch reference becomes unreliable.
Download2018-01-01
Bryanton, Megan A.; Chodan, Sydney D.C.; Vander Meulen, J.; Fenrich, K.K.; Misiaszek, John E.
Lightly touching a stable reference is associated with sway reduction during standing. Unexpected displacement of the touch reference results in a false-positive balance reaction in some participants, but only with the first such disturbance. This study investigated whether light touch reduces...