Faculty of Education
School of Educational Studies
Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (CAAC)
Alant, E
MA(Log) DPhil(Pret) - Director: CAAC
NRF Rating: C1
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 420 2035
Fax number: 012 420 4389
E-mail address: erna.alant@up.ac.za
Research Interests:
Life skills and employment of people with disabilities
Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)
Assistive communication technology
Multilingualism and AAC classroom implementation for children with disabilities
Severe disability
Early childhood intervention
Research Output:
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
Harty M, Alant E, Uys CJE: 2007. Maternal self-efficacy and maternal perception of child language competence in pre-school children with a communication disability.. Child Care Health and Development, 33 (2), pp 144-154, Full Text
Dada S, Granlund M, Alant E: 2007. A discussion of individual variability, in activity-based interventions, using the niche concept. Child Care Health and Development, 33 (4), pp 424-431, Full Text
Bornman J, Alant E, Lloyd LL: 2007. A beginning communication intervention protocol: In-service training of health workers.. Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 42 (2), pp 190-208.
Alant E, Du Plooy A, Dada S: 2007. The impact of visual sequencing of graphic symbols on the sentence construction output of children who have acquired language. South African Journal of Communication Disorders, 54, pp 105-110.
Alant E: 2007. About being relevant: a comment on Kathard, Naude, Pillay & Ross (2007). South African Journal of Communication Disorders, 54, pp 11-13.
Alant E, Emmett AB, Samuels A: 2007. Disability stakeholder's perspectives regarding social development. South African Journal of Occupational Therapy, 37 (3), pp 34-38, Full Text
Casey MA, Tonsing KM, Alant E: 2007. Comparison of a non-spoken response mode and a spoken response mode in a test of phonological awareness. South African Journal of Occupational Therapy, 37 (3), pp 25-28.
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