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2017

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Signing To Maintain Joint Attention With Children With Down Syndrome, Rachel Dauer Burns Apr 2017

Signing To Maintain Joint Attention With Children With Down Syndrome, Rachel Dauer Burns

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The current study examined the role of two different methods of sign presentation on signed and spoken language acquisition of toddlers aged two to four years with Down syndrome (DS). The aim of this study was to determine if a method commonly used by native signers/Deaf mothers (referred to in this study as signing to maintain joint attention (SMJA)) was more effective than the method commonly used by hearing mothers and speech-language pathologists (referred to in this study as the triangular method of signing). Both methods were compared in a within-subject design for effects on the participants’ total number of …