Developmental Disability

Co-construction, asymmetry and multimodality in children’s conversations.

Clarke, M. (2016). Co-construction, asymmetry and multimodality in children’s conversations. In M. M. Smith & J. Murray (Eds.), The silent partner? Language, interaction and aided communication (pp. 177–198). J&R Press. This chapter reviewed the body of research on quantitative as well as qualitative approaches to analysis of the face-to-face interaction research with children who use […]

Speaker transfer in children’s peer conversation: Completing communication-aid-mediated contributions.

Clarke, M., Bloch, S., & Wilkinson, R. (2013). Speaker transfer in children’s peer conversation: Completing communication-aid-mediated contributions. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 29(1), 37–53. https://doi.org/10.3109/07434618.2013.767490 This study examined features of speaker transfer between a 11;7-year-old boy with CP using a voice-output communication aid (VOCA) and his peer without disabilities. The peer used questions and meta-interactional prompts

Interaction between children with cerebral palsy and their peers 1: Organizing and understanding VOCA use.

Clarke, M., & Wilkinson, R. (2007). Interaction between children with cerebral palsy and their peers 1: Organizing and understanding VOCA use. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 23(4), 336–348. https://doi.org/10.1080/07434610701390350 This study examined how VOCA use emerged of two children aged 7;11 and 10;8 years with cerebral palsy when interacting with their peers without disabilities. The majority

Interaction between children with cerebral palsy and their peers 2: Understanding initiated VOCA-mediated turns.

Clarke, M., & Wilkinson, R. (2008). Interaction between children with cerebral palsy and their peers 2: Understanding initiated VOCA-mediated turns. AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 24(1), 3–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/07434610701390400 This study documented examined initiated voice-output communication aid (VOCA)-mediated turns of two children aged 7;11 and 14;10 years with cerebral palsy in interactions with their peers. Initiated

The collaborative construction of non-serious episodes of interaction by non-speaking children with cerebral palsy and their peers.

Clarke, M., & Wilkinson, R. (2009). The collaborative construction of non-serious episodes of interaction by non-speaking children with cerebral palsy and their peers. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 23(8), 583–597. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699200802491132 This study examined how two speaking and two non-speaking children with cerebral palsy aged 10 to 14 years collaborated to engaging in non-serious episodes of

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