Teaching Children with Severe Disabilities to Utilize Nonobligatory Conversational Opportunities: An Application of High-Probability Requests

Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-68

  Davis, Carol A ^a   Reichle, Joe ^a   Southard, Kristin ^a   Johnston, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

language; motor impairments; nonvocal communication; peer tutoring; special education

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039401382     PISSN: 15407969     EISSN: 21692408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2511/rpsd.23.1.57     Document Type: Article

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