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Alant, E
MA(Log) DPhil(Pret) - Director: CAAC

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Contact details:

Telephone number: 012 420 2035
Fax number: 012 420 4389
E-mail address: alant@libarts.up.ac.za

Research interests:

Communication

Early childhood intervention

Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)

Assistive communication technology

Life skills and employment of people with disabilities

Multilingualism and AAC classroom implementation for children with disabilities

Severe disability

Research output:

Research articles in refereed specialist journals

Alant E, Moolman E: 2001. Blissymbol learning as a tool for facilitating language and literacy development. South African Journal of Education, 21(4), pp 339-344.

Alant E: 2001. Life skills and employment training for young adults with mental disabilities. South African Journal of Occupational Therapy, 31(3)/Nov, pp 3-8.

Bornman J, Alant E, Meiring E: 2001. The use of a digital voice output device to facilitate language development in a child with developmental apraxia of speech: A case study. Disability and Rehabilitation, 23(14), pp 623-634.

Dada S, Alant E: 2001. Teachers' attitudes towards learners with little or no functional speech using alternative/augmentative communication devices. South African Journal of Education, 21(2), pp 99-103.

Rose J, Alant E: 2001. Augmentative and alternative communication: relevance for physiotherapists. South African Journal of Physiotherapy/ Suid-Afrikaanse Fisioterapie Tydskrif, 57(4), pp 18-20.