The social interaction of an adolescent who uses AAC: The evaluation of a peer-training program

AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 278-294

  Lilienfeld, Margaret ^a   Alant, Erna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC); Communication competence; Communication partners; Peer training; Self concept; Social interaction; Voice output

Indexed keywords

EVALUATION; PERSONNEL TRAINING; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SPEECH RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENCE; AUGMENTATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION (AAC); COMMUNICATION COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION PARTNERS; PEER TRAINING; SELF-CONCEPT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VOICE OUTPUT;

SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

EID: 33745726997     PISSN: 07434618     EISSN: 14773848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07434610500103467     Document Type: Article

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