I Am: A Storied Study of Communication Partnership and Learning

• In Event: 63.084 - MTCC Roundtable Session 25
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Abstract

This paper qualitatively and narratively analyzes of the experiences of a parent/child pair, relationally considering the coach/researcher’s presence, over the course of a larger study focused on building access to and reliable use of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) through typing. This work both highlights the qualitative interactive and skill-based evolution in the parent/child’s communication partnership, and calls forth the ways that individualized and relational methodological decisions helped to co-construct such experiences.

Author

• Casey Woodfield, Rowan University