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Title: | Signs Workshop: the importance of natural gestures in the promotion of early communication skills of children with developmental disabilities |
Author: | Almeida, Ana Condeço, Teresa Ramos, Fernando Sousa, Álvaro Cotrim, Luísa Macedo, Sofia Palha, Miguel |
Keywords: | Signs Down syndrome Communication Language and communication skills Augmented communication systems Total communication (simultaneous use of signs and language) Multimedia production |
Issue Date: | 2009 |
Publisher: | Springer |
Abstract: | This article emphasises the importance of natural gestures and describes the framework and the development process of the “Signs Workshop” CD-ROM, which is a multimedia application for the promotion of early communication skills of children with developmental disabilities. Signs Workshop CD-ROM was created in the scope of Down’s Comm Project, which was financed by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, and is the result of a partnership between UNICA (Communication and Arts Research Unit of the University of Aveiro) and the Portuguese Down Syndrome Association (APPT21/Differences). |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10773/7074 |
DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-540-92865-2_27 |
ISBN: | 978-3-540-92864-5 |
Appears in Collections: | DigiMedia - Capítulo de livro |
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