Influence of communicative competence and augmentative and alternative communication technique on children's attitudes toward a peer who uses AAC

AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 217-227

  Beck, Ann R ^a   Bock, Stacey ^a   Thompson, James R ^a   Kosuwan, Kullaya ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) technique; Communicative competence; Grade school children

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EDUCATION; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS;

COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE;

SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0036996172     PISSN: 07434618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07434610212331281301     Document Type: Article

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