Is it appropriate to work on communication skills if the child has a degenerative condition?
All children with communication disabilities are candidates for communication intervention. For most, treatment will target skill gains. For those with degenerative conditions, treatments may be directed at maintaining functional communication skills. One must remember that all individuals communicate. Even as a child with a degenerative condition loses symbolic then intentional communicative abilities, he or she continues to communicate with those around them through sounds, expressions, and movements. Often helping others recognize these important, though less definitive signals can become a focal point for the child with more significant impairment. More… Although it might seem unproductive for a child with a degenerative condition to participate in communication-based treatment, each case should be evaluated individually. It may be that treatment can be conceptualized in ways that are less traditional, yet make a difference. For example, objectives could focus upon creating envir
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