PECS and VOCAs to enable students with developmental disabilities to make requests: An overview of the literature

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 468-488

  Lancioni, Giulio E ^a   O'Reilly, Mark F ^b   Cuvo, Anthony J ^c   Singh, Nirbhay N ^d   Sigafoos, Jeff ^e   Didden, Robert ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d ONE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^f RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Developmental disabilities; PECS; Request making; VOCA

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COMMUNICATION AID; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METHODOLOGY; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PICTURE EXCHANGE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; REVIEW; STUDENT; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VOICE OUTPUT COMMUNICATION AIDS;

ADOLESCENT; AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

EID: 34548443403     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2006.06.003     Document Type: Review

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