Word Prompt Programs: Current Uses and Future Possibilities

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 57-64

  Wood, Lisa A ^a   Rankin, Joan L ^b   Beukelman, David R ^c  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC); Learning disability; Literacy; Word prediction; Word prompt

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031477377     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360.0603.57     Document Type: Article

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