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  • Speech-Language Pathology
  • Developmental Psychology

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  • Adolescents with cerebral palsy (CP) often face challenges in verbal communication.
  • Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems are vital tools for these individuals.
  • Understanding effective interventions to enhance language complexity in AAC users is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the impact of a conversation-based intervention on specific linguistic features in adolescents with CP who use AAC.
  • To assess changes in the use of verbs, personal pronouns, bound morphemes, and spontaneous clauses.

Main Methods:

  • Four adolescent girls (14-18 years) with CP using AAC participated.
  • A baseline period was followed by a conversation-based intervention using a collage-building activity.
  • Videotaped conversations were transcribed and analyzed using Systematic Analysis of Language Transcripts (SALT™).

Main Results:

  • Mixed results were observed, but all participants improved in at least one linguistic area.
  • Three participants increased their use of verbs and grammatically correct spontaneous clauses.
  • Two participants showed increased personal pronoun usage, and one produced more bound morphemes.

Conclusions:

  • Conversation-based interventions can positively influence linguistic complexity in adolescents with CP using AAC.
  • Further research is needed to optimize these interventions for diverse AAC users.
  • The findings highlight the potential of targeted conversational activities to support language development.