Students with little or no functional speech in schools for students with severe mental retardation in South Africa

AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 83-94

  Alant, Erna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; STUDENTS;

MENTAL RETARDATION;

HANDICAPPED PERSONS;

EID: 0032640130     PISSN: 07434618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07434619912331278595     Document Type: Article

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