An Initial Investigation into the Feasibility of the Communication Matrix Professional Development Program for Educational Professionals Working with Students with Complex Communication Needs

Autor/inn/en	Quinn, Emily D.; Cook, Alexandria; Wiedrick, Jack; Rowland, Charity
Titel	An Initial Investigation into the Feasibility of the Communication Matrix Professional Development Program for Educational Professionals Working with Students with Complex Communication Needs
Quelle	In: Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 52 (2021) 4, S.1080-1094 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Quinn, Emily D.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0161-1461
Schlagwörter	Professional Development; Speech Language Pathology; Allied Health Personnel; Individualized Education Programs; Online Courses; Program Evaluation; Pretests Posttests; Language Impairments; Communication Disorders; Severe Disabilities; Expressive Language; Vocabulary Skills; Communities of Practice; Measures (Individuals); Educational Objectives; Intervention; Scores; Guides; Correlation; Elementary School Teachers; Middle School Teachers; High School Teachers; Special Education Teachers; Oregon + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Individualized education program; Individualisierendes Lernen; Online course; Online-Kurs; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Speech disorder; Speech disorders; Speech disabilities; Speech disability; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Speech impairment; Speech impairments; Language handicaps; Sprachbehinderung; Kommunikationsstörung; Severe disability; Schwerbehinderung; Aktiver Wortschatz; Community; Messdaten; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Handbuch; Leitfaden; Korrelation; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Middle school; Middle schools; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Special education; Sonderpädagoge; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen
Abstract	Purpose: The goal of this study was to investigate the initial feasibility of the Communication Matrix Professional Development Program (CMPDP), an online program created to help educational professionals teaching students with complex communication needs. Method: A one-group pretest-posttest design was employed with 102 educational professionals and their students with complex communication needs. Students (M[subscript age] = 12.5 years, SD = 4.8 years) had severe expressive communication impairments characterized by an expressive vocabulary of < 10 words. The online CMPDP included webinars, coursework, and engagement with an online community of practice. We examined the students' expressive communication skills measured by the Communication Matrix Assessment and Individualized Education Program (IEP) goal quality measured by the Design to Learn IEP Goal Development Guide before and after their teachers and speech-language pathologists participated in the intervention. Results: Students showed small but significant increases on the Communication Matrix Assessment. The average increase in scores was 10.6, z = 5.37, 95% confidence interval (CI; [6.65, 14.54]), Glass's delta = 0.37. The mean gain in scores for IEP quality was not significant (0.82, z = 2.43, 95% CI [0.14, 1.49], Glass's delta = 0.28). Conclusions: Results demonstrate the initial feasibility of the CMPDP for educational professionals and their students with complex communication needs. Findings must be interpreted cautiously as the study design has methodological limitations including lack of a control condition and a potential for correlated measurement error and demand characteristics. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. 2200 Research Blvd #250, Rockville, MD 20850. Tel: 301-296-5700; Fax: 301-296-8580; e-mail: lshss@asha.org; Web site: http://lshss.pubs.asha.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01