The use of communicative functions among pre-school children with multiple disabilities in two different setting conditions: Group versus individual patterns

AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-18

  Olsson, Cecilia ^a  

^a ALA Research Foundation   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Communicative functions; Multiple disabilities; Setting condition

Indexed keywords

HANDICAPPED PERSONS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMAN REHABILITATION ENGINEERING; STATISTICAL METHODS; VISION;

COMMUNICATIVE FUNCTIONS; MULTIPLE DISABILITIES; SETTING CONDITION;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 15844371208     PISSN: 07434618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07434610412331270516     Document Type: Article

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