Functional Communication: Analyzing the Nonlinguistic Skills of Individuals with Severe or Profound Handicaps

DEVELOPMENT OF NON-LINGUISTIC COMMUNICATION SKILLS, which

presents the results of research accomplished through the

joint sponsorship of the SonomaDevelopment Center (SDS) and

the College of Education of Florida Atlantic University

(FAU), examines the development of prelanguage and nonlingu-

istic skills in individuals with various types and degrees

of developmental disabilities. Utilizing the dichotomies

that may exist betweencommunication and language, the book

explores communication skills rather than formal language

systems acquisition.