Functional Communication: Analyzing the Nonlinguistic Skills of Individuals with Severe or Profound Handicaps

DEVELOPMENT OF NON-LINGUISTIC COMMUNICATION SKILLS, which presents the

results of research accomplished through the joint sponsorship of the SonomaDevelopment Center (SDS) and the College of Education of Florida Atlantic
University (FAU), examines the development of prelanguage and

nonlingu- istic skills in individuals with various types and degrees of developmental disabilities. Utilizing the dichotomies that may exist betweencommunication and language, the book explores communication skills rather
than formal language systems acquisition.