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Communicative Acts in Music Therapy Interventions with and without Aided Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems
Gadberry, Anita Leigh
Gadberry, Anita Leigh
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Competent communication is essential in daily life, yet many people cannot communicate via the standard means of speech, and thus require the use of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC). Music therapists treat clients that utilize AAC; however, there is a lack of research literature examining communication in music therapy sessions with AAC. The present study used a within-subjects, alternating treatments design to assess (a) frequency of a client's intentional communicative acts, (b) nature of a client's communicative functions, and (c) frequency of therapist's prompts for communication within a music therapy intervention with aided AAC and one without aided AAC. Clients (N= 9) demonstrated significantly more intentional communicative acts and a greater variety of communicative functions with aided AAC. Therapists (N = 6) did not significantly differ in the amount of prompts given in the two conditions. Results suggest that using aided AAC in music therapy sessions may increase the frequency of a client's intentional communicative acts and functions.
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2010-01-01
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University of Kansas
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Music, Music Education, augmentative and alternative communication, music therapy