Effectiveness of multifaceted narrative intervention on the stories told by a 12-year-old girl who uses AAC

AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 76-87

  Soto, Gloria ^a   Yu, Betty ^a,b   Kelso, Jennifer ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

AAC; Intervention; Narrative

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; LINGUISTICS; SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

AUGMENTATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION; MULTIFACTED NARRATIVE INTERVENTION;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; COMMUNICATION AID; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; PHONETICS; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WRITING;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL PALSY; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; NARRATION; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SOFTWARE; VOCABULARY; WRITING;

EID: 39049163009     PISSN: 07434618     EISSN: 14773848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07434610701740612     Document Type: Article

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