Augmentative and Alternative Communication and Language: Understanding and Responding to Parents' Perspectives

Topics in Language Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-61

  Cress, Cynthia J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

AAC; Children; Communication; Disability; Family centered services; Interaction; Intervention; Language; Parents

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642291860     PISSN: 02718294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00011363-200401000-00006     Document Type: Review

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