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  2. Assessment of basic language and learning skills - Wikipedia

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    Also called Manding in ABA G Labelling Naming objects, or their features, functions, or classes. H Intraverbals Responding to only the stimulus of words. Objects/motivators not present. I Spontaneous Vocalizations Using language without being prompted. J Syntax and Grammar How well words and sentences are put together. K Play and Leisure

  3. Augmentative and alternative communication - Wikipedia

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    Speech generating device using a visual scene display, accessed using a head mouse. Visual scene displays are a different method of organizing and presenting symbols. These are depictions of events, people, objects, and related actions in a picture, photograph, or virtual environment representing a situation, place, or specific experience.

  4. Harvard sentences - Wikipedia

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    IEEE Recommended Practice for Speech Quality Measurements [3] sets out seventy-two lists of ten phrases each, described as the "1965 Revised List of Phonetically Balanced Sentences (Harvard Sentences)." They are widely used in research on telecommunications, speech, and acoustics, where standardized and repeatable sequences of speech are needed.

  5. Gestures in language acquisition - Wikipedia

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    Gestures are distinct from manual signs in that they do not belong to a complete language system. [6] For example, pointing through the extension of a body part, especially the index finger to indicate interest in an object is a widely used gesture that is understood by many cultures [7] On the other hand, manual signs are conventionalized—they are gestures that have become a lexical element ...

  6. Professional practice of behavior analysis - Wikipedia

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    Applied behavior analysis (ABA) include the use of behavior management, behavioral engineering and behavior therapy. Currently in the U.S. some behavior analysts at the masters level are licensed; others work with an international certification where licenses are unavailable, although this may not be allowed in some states or jurisdictions.

  7. Autism therapies - Wikipedia

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    Applied behavior analysis (ABA) is the applied research field of the science of behavior analysis, and it underpins a wide range of techniques used to treat autism and many other behaviors and diagnoses, [46] including those who are patients in rehab or in whom a behavior change is desired.

  8. Expressive aphasia - Wikipedia

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    Speech generally includes important content words but leaves out function words that have more grammatical significance than physical meaning, such as prepositions and articles. [3] This is known as "telegraphic speech". The person's intended message may still be understood, but their sentence will not be grammatically correct.

  9. Applied behavior analysis - Wikipedia

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    ABA is an applied science devoted to developing procedures which will produce observable changes in behavior. [3] [9] It is to be distinguished from the experimental analysis of behavior, which focuses on basic experimental research, [10] but it uses principles developed by such research, in particular operant conditioning and classical conditioning.