Grove Nicola, Woll Bencie
Tizard Centre, University of Kent at Canterbury, Kent CT2 7LR, United Kingdom.
DCAL, 49 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD, United Kingdom.
Res Dev Disabil. 2017 Mar;62:174-183. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2017.01.017. Epub 2017 Feb 9.
Manual signing is one of the most widely used approaches to support the communication and language skills of children and adults who have intellectual or developmental disabilities, and problems with communication in spoken language. A recent series of papers reporting findings from this population raises critical issues for professionals in the assessment of multimodal language skills of key word signers. Approaches to assessment will differ depending on whether key word signing (KWS) is viewed as discrete from, or related to, natural sign languages. Two available assessments from these different perspectives are compared. Procedures appropriate to the assessment of sign language production are recommended as a valuable addition to the clinician's toolkit. Sign and speech need to be viewed as multimodal, complementary communicative endeavours, rather than as polarities. Whilst narrative has been shown to be a fruitful context for eliciting language samples, assessments for adult users should be designed to suit the strengths, needs and values of adult signers with intellectual disabilities, using materials that are compatible with their life course stage rather than those designed for young children.
手动手语是支持智力或发育障碍以及口语交流有问题的儿童和成人的沟通与语言技能的最广泛使用的方法之一。最近一系列报告该人群研究结果的论文，对专业人员评估关键词手语使用者的多模态语言技能提出了关键问题。评估方法将因关键词手语（KWS）被视为与自然手语不同还是相关而有所不同。比较了从这些不同角度进行的两项可用评估。推荐适合评估手语表达的程序，作为临床医生工具包中的一项有价值的补充。手语和言语应被视为多模态的、互补的交流方式，而非两极对立。虽然叙事已被证明是获取语言样本的有效情境，但针对成年使用者的评估应设计成适合有智力障碍的成年手语使用者的优势、需求和价值观，使用与其人生阶段相匹配的材料，而非为幼儿设计的材料。
