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B A R B A R A B R A D D O C K , P H D , C O L L E E N P I C K E T T, B A , J A M I E
E Z Z E L G O T, B S , S H I VA N I S H E T H , B S ,
E M I LY K O R T E - S T R O F F, O T R , LY N N B O C K , M S
P R E S E N TAT I O N AT T H E A M E R I C A N S P E E C H - L A N G U A G E - H E A R I N G
A S S O C I AT I O N ( A S H A ) C O N V E N T I O N , N O V E M B E R 1 5 , 2 0 1 3
Disclosure
Methods
Results
Clinical implications
Note: Percent development was calculated by computing B-3 CTDA developmental age scores
per test manual instructions then dividing by each participant’s age in months.
IPCA
Contact directly:
Professor Sigafoos
School of Educational Psychology and Pedagogy
jeff.sigafoos@vuw.ac.nz
PCA Coding
1. Deictic point
2. Deictic show-me gesture
3. Emblem gesture
4. Manual sign
5. Iconic gesture
Inter-rater agreement
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10 Mean proportions of
0 different types of PCA
Body Movement
1
0.5
0
Most impaired Least impaired U= 5.5, p<.003
Percent Use/Gesture Types
Early as possible
Online materials
http://www.communicationmatrix.org/
References