Mapping the meanings of novel visual symbols by youth with moderate or severe mental retardation

American Journal on Mental Retardation

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 391-402

  Romski, Mary Ann ^a   Sevcik, Rose A ^a   Robinson, Byron F ^a,b   Mervis, Carolyn B ^b   Bertrand, Jacquelyn ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; SPEECH;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; EDUCATION OF MENTALLY RETARDED; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030058112     PISSN: 08958017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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