BOOKS & MONOGRAPHS - CHAPTERS

Attwood, T., & Remington-Gurney, J., 1992, Assessment of literacy skill using facilitated communication, in Van Kraayenoord, C., (Ed), A survey of adult literacy provision for people with intellectual disabilities, Schonell Special Education Research Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane

Preliminary report on Queensland validation project.

"This study identified a sample of twenty adults who had been assessed on standardised tests of intelligence and communication as profoundly disabled. ... During assessment for literacy skills, the responses of 17 students were recorded as level 4 <open conversation>. ...the responses of nine students had at least one example of... content validity. "

A reprint of the Biklen (1990) article in Harvard Educational Review (see Journals) (p. 321-349)

Brodin, J., & Björk-Åkesson (eds), 1994, Methodological Issues in Research in Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Proceedings from the Third ISAAC Research Symposium in Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Kelkgrade, October 14-15th, 1994, Jönköping University Press, Jönköping

Reprints papers on FCT by Remington-Gurney and von Tetzchner; see Conference Papers.

Emerson, A., & Grayson, A., 1995, A Long Term Evaluation of Facilitated Communication, in University of Sutherland Autism Research Unit, 1996, _Psychological Perspectives in Autism - 1995_, Autism Research Unit/National Autistic Society

Emerson, A. & Grayson, A. (1996). Changes observed in a man with autism following the introduction of facilitated communication. In _Therapeutic Intervention in Autism: Collected papers from the conference organised by the Autism Research Unit and supported by The National Autistic Society and the University of Sunderland, University of Durham, April 1996._ Autism Research Unit/National Autistic Society.

Grayson, A. & Grant, C. (1995). A microanalysis of video-taped 'facilitated communication' interactions: Are there behavioural indicators of authorship? In _Psychological Perspectives in Autism: Collected papers from the conference organised by the Autism Research Unit and supported by The National Autistic Society and the University of Sunderland, University of Durham, April 1995._ Autism Research Unit/National Autistic Society.

I am interested in an AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Commmunication) training strategy known as 'facilitated communication' (FC). A controversy has grown up around the strategy in the field of learning and communication disabilities because of some major claims that have been made for it. Our current research is aimed at examining the strategy in detail by means of fine-grained video analysis of FC-mediated interactions.

Grayson, A. & Emerson, A. (1996). A microanalysis of video-taped facilitated communication interactions involving a client with autism. In _Therapeutic Intervention in Autism: Perspectives from Research and Practice: Collected papers from the conference organised by the Autism Research Unit and supported by The National Autistic Society and the University of Sunderland, University of Durham, April 1996. _ Autism Research Unit/National Autistic Society.

I am interested in an AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Commmunication) training strategy known as 'facilitated communication' (FC). A controversy has grown up around the strategy in the field of learning and communication disabilities because of some major claims that have been made for it. Our current research is aimed at examining the strategy in detail by means of fine-grained video analysis of FC-mediated interactions.

Hudson, A. ,1995, Facilitated Communication; A critique. in T. Ollendick & R. Prinz (Eds.), Advances in Clinical Child Psychology (vol. 17). Plenum Press, New York

A somewhat biased review of the validation literature.

Jacobson, J., Eberlin, M., Mulick, J., Schwartz, A., Szempruch, J., & Wheeler, D., 1993, Autism, Facilitated Communication, and Future Directions, in Matson, J., (ed),1993, Autism; Etiology, Assessment, and Intervention, Sycamore Press, Sycamore, IL

Presents accounts of validation studies by Working Party on Severe Communication Impairment, 1988 (see Monographs), Intellectual Disability Review Panel, 1989, (see Reports), Hudson et al, Moore et al, & Szempruch & Jacobson (see Journals). Also provides summary of paper by Eberlin et al, 1992 (see Conference Papers). Criticizes Calculator & Singer for poor procedural controls. Criticizes Biklen's use of qualitative analysis of client's work for validation. Criticizes FCT for its inconsistency with previous conclusions about people with autism. (pp. 93-132)

Jones, M., & Marks, L., (in press) Law and the Social Construction of Disability, in Jones, M., & Marks, L. (Eds.), Disability, Divers-ability and Legal Change, Kluwer International Law Publishers
An analysis of the barriers to the participation of people with disability in legal processes.  Incluides an analysis of the history of the use of FC in court. .

Klewe, L., 1991, Kommunikation ved hjaelp af staveplader. En eksperimental-psykologisk undersøgelse [Communication via spelling-boards. An experimental-psychological examination]. Copenhagen, Danmarks Paedagogiske Institut & Forlaget

Account of validation exercise with 17 clients from Danish group described in Johnson, 1988, and Johnson, 1989. See Klewe, 1993, Journals, for an account of the exercise in English.

Morley, B., 1996, The Apparently Intellectually Handicapped, in Burrows, G., (ed.), Fifth Greek/Australian International Legal and Medical Conference, Crete 1995, Melbourne, Greek/Australian Legal and Medical Confererence Ltd.

Transcript of adderess by neurologist. Describes thirteen clients who have established nexpected communication - five with head injuries, two with cerebral palsy, two with encephalitis, two with Down syndrome, and two with autism. All at some stage used facilitation. Seven of the 13 provided confirmation by recovering speech or writing skills.

The irrefutable fact is that seven of the thirteen patients whom I have examined ... . have eventually become independent of their facilitator.

Reprint of ISAAC paper on the relation of FCT to AAC.

Facilitated Communication is here to stay. What we must now do as AAC specialists is to ascertain clearly the parameters in which it is used, and how we measure and test for the authenticity of both the FC users and their facilitators.

Account by a Nobel prizewinner of an independent discovery of the principles of FCT with an autistic boy. Emphasises the use of typed communication, but does not stress the facilitation aspect.

<He> still needed a parent's hand on his to guide him. Sometimes, he would do nearly all the guiding by himself, but he would rarely do it alone. Later, we wrote another program that displayed and printed larger characters... This was an improvement, but he still wanted a hand on his.

Transcript of radio talk. An attack on FCT (called 'assisted communication') for claiming to establish communication with people in 'persistent vegetative state'.

The pathophysiology of such damage precludes the sparing of cognitive abilities against a background of severe physical impairment.

Stehli, A. (ed), 1995, Dancing in the Rain; Stories of Exceptional Progress by Parents of Children with Special Needs, The Georgiana Organisation, Westport

A compilation of case histories writen by parents of children with disabilities. The main intervention discussed is Auditory Integration Training (AIT), but two of the 22 cases also use FCT. There is a short piece by Sharisa Kochmeister. All the studies are interesting. (303 pp)

FC gave me a way to communicate that cerebral palsy had denied me. It opened the door to other treatment, such as nutritional and vitamin therapies, occupational theray to reduce sensitivity and improve motor planning, speech therapy to overcome oral apraxia in eating and speaking, vision training to help me learn to use my eyes more effectively, and AIT to overcome hypersensitive hearing and improve processing.

"This paperback text presents a series of debates on the most current issues and topicws in the field of social work practice.
Chapter 3. Should Social Workers Support "Facilitated Communication" Therapy?
Yes- Edward A. Risler, MSW: Susan Risler, M. Ed.
No - John Gerdtz, Ph.D"

von Tetzchner, S., 1994, Research Issues in Facilitated Communication, in Brodin, J., & Björck-Åkesson, E. (eds), Methodological Issues in Research in Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Jönköping University Press, Jönköping

Copy of conference paper at ISAAC conference, 1994.

The research issues discussed are how to distinguish between automatic and facilitated communication, characteristics of facilitated communicators, processes of facilitated and automatic communication, and historical processes underlying intervention development.

I would very much appreciate any suggestions for additions to this bibliography. I can be reached by e-mail at cborthwick@vichealth.vic.gov.au.

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