Student and professional attitudes and interests in working with people with complex communication needs

International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 286-296

  Johnson, Hilary ^a   Bloomberg, Karen ^a   Iacono, Teresa ^a,b  

^a Australia and the Communication Resource Centre   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Complex communication needs; Developmental disabilities; Speech language pathology; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 69649107727     PISSN: 17549515     EISSN: 17549507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14417040701689329     Document Type: Article

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