Teaching requests for food and drink to children with multiple disabilities in a graphic communication mode

Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 247-262

  Sigafoos, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Augmentative communication; Multiple disabilities; Requesting

Indexed keywords

EID: 21444437632     PISSN: 1056263X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02578393     Document Type: Article

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