Functional Communication: Analyzing the Nonlinguistic Skills of Individuals with Severe or Profound Handicaps (Disorders of Human Learning, Behavior, and Communication)

DEVELOPMENT OF NON-LINGUISTIC COMMUNICATION SKILLS, whichpresents the results of research accomplished through thejoint sponsorship of the SonomaDevelopment Center (SDS) andthe College of Education of Florida Atlantic University(FAU) , examines the development of prelanguage and nonlingu-istic skills in individuals with various types and degreesof developmental disabilities. Utilizing the dichotomiesthat may exist betweencommunication and language, the bookexplores communication skills rather than formal languagesystems acquisition.