Comprehension: An overlooked component in augmented language development

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 159-167

  Sevcik, Rose A ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Augmented language development; Comprehension; Developmental disabilities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACILITATED COMMUNICATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH; SYMBOLISM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CHILD; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; COMPREHENSION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DISABLED CHILDREN; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; SYMBOLISM;

EID: 32144434536     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280500077804     Document Type: Article

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