Focus group discussions of literacy assessment and World Wide Web-based reading intervention

AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 27-36

  Iacono, Teresa ^a   Balandin, Susan ^b   Cupples, Linda ^c  

^a Centre for Developmental Disability Health Victoria   (Australia)

^b Centre for Developmental Disability Studies   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Literacy; Participatory research; Severe communication impairment

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING RESEARCH; HUMANITIES COMPUTING; SPEECH ANALYSIS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

FOCUS GROUPS; LITERACY ASSESSMENT; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; SEVERE COMMUNICATION IMPAIRMENT;

SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0035272416     PISSN: 07434618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/aac.17.1.27.36     Document Type: Article

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