Category: Cerebral Palsy

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...

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...

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...

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...

Clarke, M. T. (2005). Conversational interaction between children using communication aids and their peers (Publication No. 27821301) [Doctoral dissertation, University College of London]. ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global.   This study examined three children with cerebral palsy aged 7;11 to 14;10 years who use voice output communication aides interacting with...

Sundqvist, A., Plejert, C., & Rönnberg, J. (2010). The role of active participation in interaction for children who use augmentative and alternative communication. Communication & Medicine, 7(2), 165–175. https://doi.org/10.1558/cam.v7i2.165   This study examined interactional practices that facilitated and hindered the active participation of three children with cerebral palsy aged 7...

Savolainen, I., Klippi, A., Tykkyläinen, T., Higginbotham, J., & Launonen, K. (2020). The structure of participants’ turn-transition practices in aided conversations that use speech-output technologies. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 36(1), 18–30. https://doi.org/10.1080/07434618.2019.1698654   This study examined turn-transition structures used during aided turn initiations between four male students aged 7 to...

Sigurd Pilesjö, M., & Rasmussen, G. (2011). Exploring interaction between a non-speaking boy using aided AAC and his everyday communication partners: Features of turn organizing and turn design. Journal of Interactional Research in Communication Disorders, 2(2), 183–213. https://doi.org/10.1558/jircd.v2i2.183   This study examined the interactions of an 8;6-year-old boy with cerebral...

Sigurd Pilesjö, M., & Norén, N. (2021). Facilitators’ use of a communication device following children’s aided turns in everyday interaction. Journal of Interactional Research in Communication Disorders, 10(1), 67–98. https://doi.org/10.1558/JIRCD.19318   This study examined four children ages 8 to 12 years with cerebral palsy who are emerging communicators or situation-dependent...

Sigurd Pilesjö, M. (2013). On the use of bodily action and vocalizations as resources and methods when claiming turns in aided interaction. In N. Norén, C. Samuelsson, & C. Plejert (Eds.), Aided communication in everyday interaction (pp. 59–94). J&R Press.   This study examined the multimodal use of embodied and...