Family Issues and Assistive Technology Needs: A Sampling of State Practices

Journal of Special Education Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 27-43

  Parette, Howard P ^a   Hourcade, Jack J ^b  

^a SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; Augmentative and alternative communication; early intervention; family focused intervention; preschoolers with disabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039602824     PISSN: 01626434     EISSN: 23813121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016264349701300303     Document Type: Article

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