Special education teacher attitudes toward AAC: Preliminary survey

AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 186-197

  Soto, Gloria ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC); Self efficacy; Teacher attitudes

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; TEACHING;

AUGMENTATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION (AAC);

BIOCOMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 0031236397     PISSN: 07434618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07434619712331278008     Document Type: Review

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