The effectiveness of Talking Mats® with people with intellectual disability

British Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 232-241

  Murphy, Joan ^a   Cameron, Lois ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Augmented communication; Communication impairment; Effective communication; Intellectual disability; Life planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049138142     PISSN: 13544187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3156.2008.00490.x     Document Type: Article

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