Teaching augmentative and alternative communication to students with severe disabilities: A review of intervention research 1997-2003

Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 203-214

  Snell, Martha E ^a   Chen, Lih Yuan ^b   Hoover, Kathryn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c RADFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AAC; Communication; Naturalistic interventions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846468378     PISSN: 15407969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/154079690603100301     Document Type: Review

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