Catherine's legacy: Social communication development for individuals with profound learning difficulties and fragile life expectancies

British Journal of Special Education

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 116-121

  Kellett, Mary ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Interaction; Learning disabilities; Profound; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844478343     PISSN: 09523383     EISSN: 14678578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0952-3383.2005.00383.x     Document Type: Article

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