Increasing functional communication in non-speaking preschool children: Comparison of PECS and VOCA

Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 264-278

  Bock, Stacey Jones ^a,b   Stoner, Julia B ^a   Beck, Ann R ^a   Hanley, Laurie ^a   Prochnow, Jessica ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Campus Box 5910 ^*  (United States)

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