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Dezvoltarea abilităților de comunicare la elevii cu dizabilități intelectuale
Developing communication abilities in children with intellectual disabilities

Author(s): Simona Rodica Abrudan, Ioana Delia Țîrlea
Subject(s): School education, Educational Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Neuropsychology, Inclusive Education / Inclusion
Published by: Asociația Specialiștilor în Terapia Tulburărilor de Limbaj din România
Keywords: communication skills; intellectual disabilities; verbal communication; special education; speech therapy; reading imagine;

Summary/Abstract: This article presents the importance of the constant use of a programme based on the reading of images in the activities of language therapy for the development of communication skills in students with intellectual disabilities.The first part of the paper presents the particularities of the students with intellectual disability, respectively the particularities of the language and the communication, as well as implications in the educational process. The second part illustrates the analysis of the data obtained as a result of the implementation of the reading program after images in the activities of speech disorder therapy. The objectives, hypothesis and expected results are described. The design of the study is based on the final results with the initial outcomes after the intervention programme was applied. The data obtained show that the activities determines positive effects in the development of communication skills, the use of a richer vocabulary, the more complex expression.

  • Issue Year: VI/2020
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 52-61
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Romanian