The picture exchange communication system: Effects on manding and speech development for school-aged children with autism

Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 177-184

  Tincani, Matt ^a,b   Crozier, Shannon ^a   Alazetta, Lindsay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b Box 453014 ^*  (United States)

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