Preverbal Communicative Competence: An Essential Step in the Lives of Infants with Severe Physical Impairment

Infants and Young Children

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 49-59

  Reinhartsen, Debbie B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Consistency; Eye gaze; Gesture; Intentionality; Predictability; Prelinguistic communicative competence; Reciprocity; Severe physical impairment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034416985     PISSN: 08963746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001163-200013010-00008     Document Type: Article

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