Teaching students with developmental disabilities to locate their AAC device

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 371-383

  Sigafoos, Jeff ^a   O'Reilly, Mark ^a   Seely York, Sue ^a   Edrisinha, Chaturi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

AAC intervention; autism; developmental disability; least to most prompting; location training; voice output communication aids

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE REPORT; COMMUNICATION AID; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TEACHING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

EID: 2942612353     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2003.07.002     Document Type: Article

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