Establishing a Receptive Repertoire of Communicative Gestures with Individuals who are Profoundly Mentally Retarded

Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 357-361

  Duker, Pieter C ^a   Van Deursen, Wendy ^b   De Wit, Marijke ^b   Palmen, Annemiek ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

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