Research and Articles

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Research about Lámh and manual sign provides services, professionals, families and us with more information, feedback and ideas that can help to support Lámh users and provides rationale and evidence for developments. We welcome approaches from individuals, students and organisations proposing to carry out research about Lámh.
Embedding key word sign (Lámh) prompts in a shared book reading activity: The impact on communication between children with Down syndrome and their parents
2022 by Frizelle et al. Publication: Journal Language Communication Disorders Read more...
The development of a core key word signing vocabulary (Lámh) to facilitate communication with children with down syndrome in the first year of mainstream primary school in Ireland
2022 by Frizelle, P., & Lyons, C. Publication: Augmentative and Alternative Communication Read more...
Manual Sign Acquisition in Children with Developmental Disabilities
2019 by Nicola Grove, PhD (Editor) Tizard Centre, University of Kent, United Kingdom and Kaisa Launonen, PhD (Editor) Department of Psychology & Logopaedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland Publication: Nova Science Read more...
Lámh Gives a Helping Hand (Newspaper Article)
2013 by Michelle McDonagh Publication: Irish Times Insight Magazine Read more...
Use of key word signing for children and adults with intellectual disability in an Irish context
2019 by Byrne, A., Pyne, J., Sheehan, V. Publication: Tizard Learning Disability Review Read more...
Retention of signs following a one‐day key word sign training
2018 by by Andy Smidt Constantina Markoulli Chloe Wine Elsie Chang Harmony Turnbull Aylin Huzmeli Monique Hines Publication: British Journal of Learning Disabilities Read more...
Key word signing: Parents experiences of an unaided form of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (Lámh)
2018 by Glacken, M., Healy, D., Gilrane, U., Healy-McGowan, S., Dolan, S., Jennings, C., & Walsh-Gallagher, D. Publication: Journal of Intellectual Disabilities Read more...
Communication as a human right: Citizenship, politics and the role of the speech-language pathologist
2018 by Declan Murphy, Rena Lyons, Clare Carroll, Mari Caulfield & Gráinne de Paor Publication: International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 20:1, 16-20 Read more...
Showing Signs: How Lámh sign users, peers and families are involved in awareness raising, training and research
2018 by Maura Bolger, Claire Power, Mary Cullen Publication: Lámh Research Seminar Read more...
The Key to Signing – factors impacting the use of Lámh in a disability organisation
2018 by Pyne, J., Byrne, A., Sheehan, V., Cope Foundation Publication: Lámh Research Seminar Read more...
Lámh Signs Combined - a research in practice project
2018 by Dolly, A., Noble, E., CRC Publication: Lámh Research Seminar Read more...
Teaching Adults With Intellectual Disability Manual Signs Through Their Support Staff: A Key Word Signing Program
2017 by Kristien Meuris; Bea Maes; Inge Zink Publication: American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, August 2015, Vol. 24, 545-560. doi:10.1044/2015_AJSLP-14-0062 Read more...