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AAC and Early Intervention for Children with Cerebral Palsy: Parent Perceptions and Child Risk Factors. 2015

Ashlyn L Smith, and Katherine C Hustad
a Waisman Center and.

The current study examined parent perceptions of communication, the focus of early intervention goals and strategies, and factors predicting the implementation of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) for 26 two-year-old children with cerebral palsy. Parents completed a communication questionnaire and provided early intervention plans detailing child speech and language goals. Results indicated that receptive language had the strongest association with parent perceptions of communication. Children who were not talking received a greater number of intervention goals, had a greater variety of goals, and had more AAC goals than children who were emerging and established talkers. Finally, expressive language had the strongest influence on AAC decisions. Results are discussed in terms of the relationship between parent perceptions and language skills, communication as an emphasis in early intervention, AAC intervention decisions, and the importance of receptive language.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007808 Language Therapy Rehabilitation of persons with language disorders or training of children with language development disorders. Language Training,Therapy, Language,Language Therapies,Language Trainings,Therapies, Language,Training, Language,Trainings, Language
D008297 Male Males
D010290 Parents Persons functioning as natural, adoptive, or substitute parents. The heading includes the concept of parenthood as well as preparation for becoming a parent. Step-Parents,Parental Age,Parenthood Status,Stepparent,Age, Parental,Ages, Parental,Parent,Parental Ages,Status, Parenthood,Step Parents,Step-Parent,Stepparents
D010465 Perception The process by which the nature and meaning of sensory stimuli are recognized and interpreted. Sensory Processing,Processing, Sensory
D002547 Cerebral Palsy A heterogeneous group of nonprogressive motor disorders caused by chronic brain injuries that originate in the prenatal period, perinatal period, or first few years of life. The four major subtypes are spastic, athetoid, ataxic, and mixed cerebral palsy, with spastic forms being the most common. The motor disorder may range from difficulties with fine motor control to severe spasticity (see MUSCLE SPASTICITY) in all limbs. Spastic diplegia (Little disease) is the most common subtype, and is characterized by spasticity that is more prominent in the legs than in the arms. Pathologically, this condition may be associated with LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR. (From Dev Med Child Neurol 1998 Aug;40(8):520-7) Diplegic Infantile Cerebral Palsy,Little Disease,Monoplegic Cerebral Palsy,Quadriplegic Infantile Cerebral Palsy,Spastic Diplegia,CP (Cerebral Palsy),Cerebral Palsy, Athetoid,Cerebral Palsy, Atonic,Cerebral Palsy, Congenital,Cerebral Palsy, Diplegic, Infantile,Cerebral Palsy, Dyskinetic,Cerebral Palsy, Dystonic-Rigid,Cerebral Palsy, Hypotonic,Cerebral Palsy, Mixed,Cerebral Palsy, Monoplegic, Infantile,Cerebral Palsy, Quadriplegic, Infantile,Cerebral Palsy, Rolandic Type,Cerebral Palsy, Spastic,Congenital Cerebral Palsy,Diplegia, Spastic,Infantile Cerebral Palsy, Diplegic,Infantile Cerebral Palsy, Monoplegic,Infantile Cerebral Palsy, Quadriplegic,Little's Disease,Monoplegic Infantile Cerebral Palsy,Rolandic Type Cerebral Palsy,Athetoid Cerebral Palsy,Atonic Cerebral Palsy,Cerebral Palsies, Athetoid,Cerebral Palsies, Dyskinetic,Cerebral Palsies, Dystonic-Rigid,Cerebral Palsies, Monoplegic,Cerebral Palsy, Dystonic Rigid,Cerebral Palsy, Monoplegic,Diplegias, Spastic,Dyskinetic Cerebral Palsy,Dystonic-Rigid Cerebral Palsies,Dystonic-Rigid Cerebral Palsy,Hypotonic Cerebral Palsies,Hypotonic Cerebral Palsy,Mixed Cerebral Palsies,Mixed Cerebral Palsy,Monoplegic Cerebral Palsies,Spastic Cerebral Palsies,Spastic Cerebral Palsy,Spastic Diplegias
D002675 Child, Preschool A child between the ages of 2 and 5. Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D003143 Communication Aids for Disabled Equipment that provides mentally or physically disabled persons with a means of communication. The aids include display boards, typewriters, cathode ray tubes, computers, and speech synthesizers. The output of such aids includes written words, artificial speech, language signs, Morse code, and pictures. Augmentative and Alternative Communications Systems,Communication Aids for Handicapped,Communication Boards,Speech Synthesizers,Telecommunications Devices for the Deaf,TDD,TTY Telephone,Text Telecommunication,Text Telecommunication Devices,Text Telephone,Communication Board,Speech Synthesizer,Synthesizer, Speech,Synthesizers, Speech,TTY Telephones,Telecommunication Device, Text,Telecommunication Devices, Text,Telecommunication, Text,Telecommunications, Text,Text Telecommunication Device,Text Telecommunications,Text Telephones
D003147 Communication Disorders Disorders of verbal and nonverbal communication caused by receptive or expressive LANGUAGE DISORDERS, cognitive dysfunction (e.g., MENTAL RETARDATION), psychiatric conditions, and HEARING DISORDERS. Acquired Communication Disorders,Childhood Communication Disorders,Communication Disabilities,Communication Disorders, Childhood,Communication Disorders, Developmental,Communication Disorders, Neurogenic,Communicative Disorders,Communicative Dysfunction,Developmental Communication Disorders,Neurogenic Communication Disorders,Acquired Communication Disorder,Childhood Communication Disorder,Communication Disability,Communication Disorder,Communication Disorder, Acquired,Communication Disorder, Childhood,Communication Disorder, Developmental,Communication Disorder, Neurogenic,Communication Disorders, Acquired,Communicative Disorder,Communicative Dysfunctions,Developmental Communication Disorder,Disabilities, Communication,Disability, Communication,Dysfunction, Communicative,Dysfunctions, Communicative,Neurogenic Communication Disorder
D005260 Female Females
D006040 Goals The end-result or objective, which may be specified or required in advance. Goal

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