Lending a Hand A Personal Account of the Development of Facilitated Communication Training World View
World View  |   May 01, 1992
Lending a HandA Personal Account of the Development of Facilitated Communication Training
Rosemary Crossley, MEd
 
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  • Rosemary Crossley, MEd
    DEAL Communication Centre, 538 Dandenong Road, Caulfield, Australia 3162
  • In Australia "training" is an honorable word, designating practical as opposed to theoretical instruction. Physicians undertake postgraduate obstetrics training and pilots train on new aircraft.
    In Australia "training" is an honorable word, designating practical as opposed to theoretical instruction. Physicians undertake postgraduate obstetrics training and pilots train on new aircraft.×
  • Copyright © 1992 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
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Speech, Voice & Prosodic Disorders / Augmentative & Alternative Communication / Special Populations / Genetic & Congenital Disorders / Autism Spectrum / Professional Issues & Training / Attention, Memory & Executive Functions / World View
World View   |   May 01, 1992
Lending a HandA Personal Account of the Development of Facilitated Communication Training
American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, May 1992, Vol. 1, 15-18. doi:10.1044/1058-0360.0103.15
 
American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, May 1992, Vol. 1, 15-18. doi:10.1044/1058-0360.0103.15

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Ihave been asked to provide a “World View” of my early encounters with facilitated communication training (FCT) in Australia, to provide an historical perspective on its development and use here, and to offer my current interpretations of its theoretical and practical implications. This world view follows articles published in the last issue of the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, (Vol. 1, No. 2) by Biklen (1992a, 1992b), Calculator (1992a, 1992b), and McLean (1992). Readers are referred to those articles for a general background on facilitated communication training.
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