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:
Early Intervention
Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)
Assistive communication technology
Multilingualism and AAC classroom implementation for children with disabilities
Severe disability
Communication
Early childhood intervention
Life skills and employment of people with disabilities
Research Output:
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
Lilienfeld MS, Alant E: 2002. Attitidues of children towards an unfamiliar peer using an AAC device and with and without voice output. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 18 (2) / Jun, pp 91-101.
Bornman J, Alant E: 2002. Community nurses' perceptions of and exposure to children with severe disabilities and their primary caregivers. Health SA Gesondheid, 7 (3).
Alant E, Dada S, Fresen JW, Marx AS: 2002. A Formative Evaluation of the Master's Degree in Early Childwood Intervention: Feedback on the SAIDE recommendations.. Open Learning Through Distance Education, 8 (3) / Nov, pp 6-7.
Harty M, Alant E, Opperman SB: 2002. Adolescents: Typically developing siblings and siblings with severe disability. Social Work, 38 (1) / Mar, pp 62-70.
Alant E, Tönsing KM, van der Bijl C: 2002. Die effek van prentgrootte en prentplasing op geheue van geskrewe woorde by kinders met min of geen voorgeletterdheidsvaardighede. South African Journal of Education, 22 (1) / Feb, pp 40-46.
Dada S, Alant E: 2002. A comparative study of the attitudes of teachers at special and educationally inclusive schools towards learners with little or no functional speech using communication devices. South African Journal of Education, 22 (3) / Aug, pp 213-218.
Alant E: 2002. Transdisciplinary training on the web: An exploration. South African Journal of Higher Education/Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Hoër Onderwys, 16 (2) / Jul, pp 193-197.
Papers in refereed, published conference proceedings:
Alant E: 2002. Developmental approach to teacher training: A contradiction in terms. In Developmental Approach to AAC, (10), Whurr Publishers, pp 335-356.
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