Date of Award
Spring 5-2018
Degree Type
Honors College Thesis
Department
Speech and Hearing Sciences
First Advisor
Mary Schaub
Advisor Department
Speech and Hearing Sciences
Abstract
Many individuals who are nonverbal require augmentative and alternative communication devices to communicate. The purpose of this research was to assess speech-language pathologists’ knowledge of a particular method of implementing augmentative and alternative communication devices known as language acquisition through motor planning (LAMP). Further, this research was designed to determine the percentage of speech pathologists who have used LAMP during their careers as well as the perceived level of success speech pathologists have found with LAMP. Mississippi speech-language pathologists were used as the sample for this study. A survey was created electronically via the online survey development software, “Survey Monkey,” and distributed electronically via email. A total of forty-two speech pathologists responded to this survey. The data from the survey provided information regarding speech pathologists’ knowledge of LAMP, the prevalence of its use, the populations with which speech pathologists have used LAMP, and the perceived degree of success speech pathologists have found with LAMP.
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Recommended Citation
Cazalas, Mary Catherine, "Assessing Speech-Language Pathologists’ Knowledge and Use of Language Acquisition through Motor Planning" (2018). Honors Theses. 596.
https://aquila.usm.edu/honors_theses/596