Training staff to support AAC users in Scotland: Current status and needs

AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 228-238

  McCall, Fiona ^a   Moodie, Eleanor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult AAC users; Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC); Communication partner; Perceptions; Questionnaire; Training

Indexed keywords

PERSONNEL TRAINING;

AUGMENTATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION (AAC);

SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0032304694     PISSN: 07434618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07434619812331278406     Document Type: Article

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