Using written stories to support the use of narrative in conversational interactions: Case study

Waller, Annalu; O'Mara, David; Tait, Lesley; Booth, Lynda; Brophy-Arnott, Bernadette; Hood, Hilary

doi:10.1080/aac.17.4.221.232

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“…Researchers at the University of Dundee have developed and evaluated several high tech devices that incorporate the more interactive and social aspects of communication (Alm & Arnott 1998;Waller, O'Mara, Tait, Booth, & Hood 2001), but they have yet to have the impact of simpler, letter-by-letter and wordby-word based systems. As noted by Alm, ''Attempts have been made, and continue to be made, to develop AAC systems that make use of pre-stored material and employ conversational modelling to increase communication rate and enhance the interactive aspect of the communication.…”

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confidence: 99%

"I Prefer Contact This Close": Perceptions of AAC by People with Motor Neurone Disease and their Communication Partners

Murphy

2004

Augmentative and Alternative Communication

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In this paper are the findings of a 3-year research project into communication between 15 people with Motor Neurone Disease (MND) and their closest communication partners, as the disease progressed. Data were collected through video recordings, narratives, and field notes. The purpose of the communication and the use of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) according to the perceptions of people with MND and their partners were examined. For the people in this study, it appeared that AAC was less successful than anticipated. The participants gave a number of reasons, which were interpreted by the researcher to include (a) the need for social closeness, which may not be possible when using a device; and (b) the complexity of learning how to use a high technology device combined with inadequate training. Both theoretical and practical issues are raised for professionals who work with and provide services to families with MND.

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"I Prefer Contact This Close": Perceptions of AAC by People with Motor Neurone Disease and their Communication Partners

Murphy

2004

Augmentative and Alternative Communication

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“…This observation is common to typically developing children when starting to tell stories. In previous research by Waller et al [2001], a nonspeaking ten-year old participant demonstrated the same tendency to rush through a story, retaining full control of the conversation. It was suggested that, as in early narrative development in typically developing children, the ability to tell a story is so compelling that users ignore turn-taking.…”

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confidence: 85%

“…In the Prose system [Waller and Newell 1997], the retrieval of narrative texts was based on the strength of relationship between events, the topic of conversation and the people to whom events could be told. A critical aspect of the subsequent Talk:About software, the commercial version of the Prose system, was the capability of adding to narratives, so that they developed as they were being told [Waller et al 2001]. …”

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confidence: 99%

Supporting Personal Narrative for Children with Complex Communication Needs

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ACM Trans. Comput.-Hum. Interact.

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Children with complex communication needs who use voice output communication aids seldom engage in extended conversation. The "How was School today. . . ?" system has been designed to enable such children to talk about their school day. The system uses data-to-text technology to generate narratives from sensor data. Observations, interviews and prototyping were used to ensure that stakeholders were involved in the design of the system. Evaluations with three children showed that the prototype system, which automatically generates utterances, has the potential to support disabled individuals to participate better in interactive conversation. Analysis of a conversational transcript and observations indicate that the children were able to access relevant conversation and had more control in the conversation in comparison to their usual interactions where control lay mainly with the speaking partner. Further research to develop an improved, more rugged system that supports users with different levels of language ability is now underway.

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“…Researchers have also expressed dismay at how the AAC methods and various strategies designed to promote learners' communicative abilities inhibit the free-flow sharing of experience (Waller et al, 2001). Others have begun examining ways of investigating storytelling abilities of learners using AAC strategies (Waller & Newell, 1997).…”

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confidence: 98%

“…It continues the ongoing dialogue among investigators committed to improving the ways people who use AAC have for expressing themselves (Ball, Marvin, Beukelman, Lasker, & Rupp, 1999;Snell, 2002;Stuart, 2000;Waller & Newell, 1997;Waller et al, 2001). Although the approach described in the current study is not a typical research method in the AAC community, in-depth case-studies are, and keeping a journal of one's own child's development is one of the first methods used in the study of children's development (Darwin, 1877;Shinn, 1900).…”

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The narrative matrix and wordless narrations: A research note

Ellis

2007

Augmentative and Alternative Communication

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Preverbal and non-speaking children are able to share an experience, recount an event, and tell a story in collaboration with an intimate adult who provides the words. These children's narrative expressions take the form of gestures, sounds not recognizable as standard language, the combination of sounds and gestures, and sequenced actions. These narrative forms are understood by the parent or intimate adult because child and adult dwell within a shared narrative matrix, defined by personal, social, temporal, and spatial aspects of life together. In this article, narrative inquiry is presented as a research methodology that may be of interest to the augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) community. In addition, examples are presented.

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Using written stories to support the use of narrative in conversational interactions: Case study

Cited by 27 publications

References 14 publications

"I Prefer Contact This Close": Perceptions of AAC by People with Motor Neurone Disease and their Communication Partners

"I Prefer Contact This Close": Perceptions of AAC by People with Motor Neurone Disease and their Communication Partners

Supporting Personal Narrative for Children with Complex Communication Needs

The narrative matrix and wordless narrations: A research note

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