Tales from school trenches: AAC service-delivery and professional expertise

Seminars in Speech and Language

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 146-154

  Kent Walsh, Jennifer ^a,d   Stark, Chaya ^b   Binger, Cathy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Augmentative and alternative communication; Demographics; Personnel preparation; Schools; Speech language pathologists

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FACILITATED COMMUNICATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST; TEAMWORK; TIME MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREND STUDY; WORKLOAD;

CHILD; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISABLED CHILDREN; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY;

EID: 56749179621     PISSN: 07340478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1079128     Document Type: Article

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