Communication partner instruction in AAC: Present practices and future directions

AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 195-204

  Kent Walsh, Jennifer ^a   McNaughton, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Augmentative and alternative communication; Communication partners; Facilitators; Instruction; Training

Indexed keywords

HANDICAPPED PERSONS; HUMAN REHABILITATION ENGINEERING; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

AUGMENTATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION PARTNER INSTRUCTION; COMMUNICATION SKILLS; COMMUNICATIVE INTERACTION; FACILITATORS;

SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

EID: 27744524021     PISSN: 07434618     EISSN: 14773848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07434610400006646     Document Type: Article

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