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Getting the words out: facilitated communication training and the integration of students with disabilities into mainstream schools

Crossley, Rosemary (1945-) ( 1991)

Facilitated communication training is a new method of training individuals with severe communication impairments (SCI) to use communication aids. It has been used with success to enable students with very limited speech and writing skills to undertake the regular syllabus in mainstream classrooms in Victoria. This paper describes the technique of facilitated communication training including: a. its place in the current repertoire of augmentative and alternative communication techniques b. the development and use of facilitated communication training at DEAL Communication Centre c. the rationale for the use of facilitation with individual students d. the nature of the technique, including descriptions of specific hand function problems with appropriate remedial strategies e. reduction of facilitation f. a review of the literature on facilitated communication training g. the integration of users of facilitated communication into mainstream schools in Victoria h. problems with facilitated communication training i. future directions for facilitated communication training