Res 342 Week 1 Ind Paper

Hypothesis Identification Article Analysis

The article for review is a research on communication involving children and adults with a severe intellectual and developmental disabilities. The hypothesis formed by (Brady, Fleming, Thiemann-Bourque, Olswang, Dowden, Saunders, & Marquis) “can a scale be developed and reliably implemented that reflects differences in levels of presymbolic and early symbolic communication attainment” (2012). The team also will answer if such a scale could be used with a variety of population from the early youth to older people with severe disabilities as well as how it compares to other existing measures of communication. The term “presymbolic” is the cursory of disabilities discussed. Presymbolic refers to all the forms of communication individual progresses through life. At birth a baby will cry when needing attention and as they age they use gestures or other forms of body language, or vocalization.

When one has a form of communication disability one would fall into the class of this particular research. Disabilities would include hearing impaired, autism, Down syndrome, brain injuries, or a variety of other disabilities that strain one’s ability to communicate. The goal of the team was to create a scale for communication that would provide a summary score that could be interpreted and used broadly across a population of individuals with limited communication types. The development of such a scale could alert caretakers of the progress of a child and help detect a disability earlier in life, which allow for the caregiver to create an appropriate action plan.

The two main parameters would include the shift of attention toward the communicating partner and the increased variety in forms of communication. The group of researchers created the Communication Complexity Scale (CCS) and tested 178 individuals with a variety of communication skills. The CCS scores obtained met the expected array with important correlations with more...