Author Archives: Skip Ryan

Sigurd Pilesjö, M. (2014). Creating meaning through the coordination of gaze direction and arm/hand movement. Journal of Interactional Research in Communication Disorders, 5(1), 63–96. https://doi.org/10.1558/jircd.v4i2.63   This study investigated the use of arm/hand movement and gaze direction for creating mutual understanding between a girl aged 10;4 years with severe speech,...

Pinto, M., & Gardner, H. (2014). Communicative interaction between a non-speaking child with cerebral palsy and her mother using an iPadTM. Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 30(2), 207–220. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265659013518338   This study examined how turns are designed between a mother and her 8-year-old child with cerebral palsy and additional disabilities...

Norén, N., & Sigurd Pilesjö, M. (2016). Supporting a child with multiple disabilities to participate in social interaction: The case of asking a question. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 30(10), 790–811. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699206.2016.1213883   This study examined the multiparty interaction in which a speech language therapist supported a 10-year-old girl with multiple...

Martínez-Santiago, F., Montejo-Ráez, A., & García-Cumbreras, M. (2018). Pictogram tablet: A speech generating device focused on language learning. Interacting with Computers, 30(2), 116–132. https://doi.org/10.1093/iwc/iwx022   This study examined the use of verbal behavioral analysis strategies to elicit adult-preferred responses from students with autism aged 4 to 10 years who are...

Doak, L. (2019). ‘But I’d rather have raisins!’: Exploring a hybridized approach to multimodal interaction in the case of a minimally verbal child with autism. Qualitative Research, 19(1), 30–54. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468794117752115   This study examined a snack time interaction between a school staff member and a three-year-old student with ASD and...

Dindar, K., Korkiakangas, T., Laitila, A., & Eija Kärnä. (2016). Building mutual understanding: How children with autism spectrum disorder manage interactional trouble. Journal of Interactional Research in Communication Disorders, 7(1), 49–77. https://doi.org/10.1558/jircd.v7i1.28228   This study examined how interactional troubles are addressed in conversations with three students with a variety of...

Clinkenbeard, M. J. (2020). A posthuman approach to agency, disability, and technology in social interactions. Technical Communication Quarterly, 29(2), 115–135. https://doi.org/10.1080/10572252.2019.1646319   This study examined how the social action of choosing a color is collaboratively negotiated and coordinated between a seven-year-old child with Pitt Hopkins Syndrome and autism who uses...

Menjivar Dominguez, J., & Yläneva, K. (2010). A case study of aided story telling: Comparing the Step-by-StepTM with the How was School Today Prototype [Unpublished master’s thesis]. https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A395624&dswid=1060   In this study, storytelling interactions are compared between a 10-year-old boy with cerebral palsy and his peers in two conditions; in...

Clarke, M., & Wilkinson, R. (2013). Communicative competence in children’s peer interaction. In N. Norén, C. Samuelsson, & C. Plejert (Eds.), Aided communication in everyday interaction (pp. 23–58). J&R Press.   This study examined the use of multiple modalities to collaboratively achieve affiliation in two student dyads that include one...

Clarke, M., & Wilkinson, R. (2010). Communication aid use in children’s conversation: Time, timing and speaker transfer. In H. Gardner & M. Forrester (Eds.), Analysing interactions in childhood: Insights from conversation analysis (pp. 249–266). John Wiley & Sons.   This study examined how progressivity was negotiated during speaker transfer between...