The impact of aided language stimulation on symbol comprehension and production in children with moderate cognitive disabilities

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 155-167

  Harris, Michael D ^a   Reichle, Joe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN RIVER FALLS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aided language stimulation; Augmentative and alternative communication; Augmented input; Moderate cognitive disability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPREHENSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEARNING; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 2942511239     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360(2004/016)     Document Type: Article

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