Communication aids in the classroom: The views of education staff and speech and language therapists involved with the communication aids project

British Journal of Special Education

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-32

  Wright, Jannet A ^a   Newton, Caroline ^b   Clarke, Michael ^b   Donlan, Chris ^b   Lister, Claire ^b   Cherguit, Jasmina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aids; Communication; Evaluation; Interviews; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644615612     PISSN: 09523383     EISSN: 14678578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8578.2006.00408.x     Document Type: Review

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