Assessing correspondence following acquisition of an exchange-based communication system

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 71-83

  Sigafoos, Jeff ^a   Ganz, Jennifer B ^b   O'Reilly, Mark ^c   Lancioni, Giulio E ^d   Schlosser, Ralf W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^e NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Correspondence; Exchange based communication; Requesting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CASE REPORT; COMMUNICATION SKILL; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EVALUATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; SCHOOL CHILD; STUDENT; SYMBOLISM; TEACHING; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION OF MENTALLY RETARDED; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE;

EID: 33846189020     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2005.12.002     Document Type: Article

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