Environmental factors that may be associated with choices of spelling and/ or graphic symbol use during communicative interactions

You are invited to participate in a Queen’s university research study “Environmental factors that may be associated with choices of spelling and/ or graphic symbol use during communicative interactions”. Queen’s University is looking for adolescents with physical disability (who have difficulty manipulating objects) and who use AAC. You are invited to participate in this research study if you:

• Use AAC
• Have a physical disability
• Are between 10-19 years of age
• Use picture symbols and are learning how to spell (using some combination of both)

The researchers want to learn about how people who use AAC make decisions whether to use pictures or to use alphabet board to communicate. We want to learn from you and other people who use AAC, in order to help others to become literate. Participating in this study involves two to three visits either at your home or at Queen’s University or alternatively, if you prefer, you these sessions can occur online via zoom. You will be speaking with your caregiver on certain topics (e.g. your favourite TV show). The visits will be audiotaped and videotaped. Each visit will be no longer than 60 minutes. The researcher will be asking you why you use spelling or picture symbols during your communication with your caregiver.

There is a $100 honorarium for participating in this research study. Please contact Paulina Finak at 18pmf@queensu.ca or Dr. Batorowicz at beata.batorowicz@queensu.ca

For more information click here.

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