From Premack to PECS: 25 years of progress in communication intervention for individuals with developmental disabilities

Educational Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 601-607

  Sigafoos, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

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EID: 28244443377     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443410500344688     Document Type: Review

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