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Pragmatic language skills in people with intellectual disabilities: A review
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A review of relevant research concerning the development and use of spoken pragmatic language skills by people with intellectual disabilities is provided in this article, where the authors discuss the development of pragmatic language in childhood, the use of such skills in adulthood, and links between pragmatic language use and quality of life.Abstract:
This paper provides a review of relevant research concerning the development and use of spoken pragmatic language skills by people with intellectual disabilities. The development of pragmatic language skills in childhood, the use of such skills in adulthood, and links between pragmatic language use and quality of life are discussed. Despite the variety of participants and methodologies used, research findings are broadly consistent. First, people with intellectual disabilities can and do acquire basic pragmatic language skills, although more subtle aspects of conversational competence are less commonly displayed. Second, the communicative environments of children and adults with intellectual disabilities appear to inhibit the acquisition and display of pragmatic language skills. Third, different service settings can have an impact on the pragmatic skills of people with intellectual disabilities. Fourth, intervention programs can improve the pragmatic language skills of people with intellectual disabilitie...read more
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Quality of life: Its definition and measurement☆
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chapter 1 – A Simplest Systematics for the Organization of Turn Taking for Conversation*
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