Language treatment approach for users of AAC: Experimental single-subject investigation

AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 230-243

  Harris, Lisa ^a   Doyle, Elizabeth Skarakis ^b   Haaf, Robert ^b  

^a Bonny Lea Farm   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analytic language styles; Atypical language acquisition; Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) users; Language intervention

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED LANGUAGE TRANSLATION; DATA ACQUISITION; HANDICAPPED PERSONS;

AUGMENTATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION (ACC) USERS;

COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR NONVOCAL PERSONS;

EID: 0030349926     PISSN: 07434618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07434619612331277698     Document Type: Article

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