Evaluation of the Facilitated Communication Pilot

Autor/in	Cooper-Martin, Elizabeth
Institution	Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS), Office of Shared Accountability
Titel	Evaluation of the Facilitated Communication Pilot
Quelle	(2014), (36 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Counties; Public Schools; Augmentative and Alternative Communication; Grade 5; Paraprofessional School Personnel; Special Education; Communication Problems; Facilitators (Individuals); Pilot Projects; Elementary School Students; Inclusion; Regular and Special Education Relationship; Best Practices; Academic Ability; Communication Strategies; Emotional Development; Skill Development; Nonverbal Communication; Authors; Clubs; Intervention; Disabilities; Observation; Interviews; Statistical Analysis; Peer Relationship; Student Participation; Report Cards; Standardized Tests; Program Effectiveness; Maryland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Public school; Öffentliche Schule; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Kommunikationsbarriere; Pilot project; Modellversuch; Pilotprojekt; Inklusion; Kommunikationsstrategie; Gefühlsbildung; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Author; Autor; Autorin; Club; Klub; Handicap; Behinderung; Beobachtung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Statistische Analyse; Peer-Beziehungen; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Berichtszeugnis; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test
Abstract	The Office of Special Education and Student Services asked the Office of Shared Accountability to evaluate the "Facilitated Communication Pilot." In facilitated communication (FC), people with communication impairments express themselves by typing with the aid of a communication partner, called a facilitator, who provides physical (and other types of) support. Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools (MCPS) committed to the FC pilot in late spring 2013 with four Grade 5 students. Each one had a paraeducator facilitator and was included in general education classes for the first time by the end of school year 2013-2014. The pilot's goal was for students to demonstrate their learning of the general education curriculum, initially through FC and longer term, through independent communication without facilitation. The goals for this study were to help assess authorship of messages (i.e., whether students' typed messages about schoolwork can be attributed to the student rather than to the facilitator), to study an approach that MCPS had not previously used, and to determine the efficacy of the pilot. The report includes a summary of the findings and recommendations and also contains the appendix: Number and Type of Language Function in Messages from Students. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Montgomery County Public Schools. 850 Hungerford Drive, Rockville, MD 20850. Tel: 301-309-6277; Web site: http://www.mcps.k12.md.us
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01