Use of picture dictionaries to promote written communication by students with hearing and cognitive impairments

This study investigated the use of picture dictionaries for expressive communication by students with deafness & limited literary skills at community-based vocational sites. Students were taught to use picture dictionaries - small notebooks consisting of symbols with corresponding words - to write printed messages to their communication partners. The results indicated that the picture dictionaries for note writing facilitated the students' written, expressive communication & that the students preferred the dictionaries to symbol-based communication boards. 2 Tables, 1 Figure, 32 References. Adapted from the source document