Form and function of communicative behaviours in individuals with angelman syndrome

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 526-537

  Didden, Robert ^a   Sigafoos, Jeff ^b   Korzilius, Hubert ^a   Baas, Astrid ^a   Lancioni, Giulio E ^c   O'Reilly, Mark F ^d   Curfs, Leopold M G ^e  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Angelman syndrome; Communicative forms; Communicative functions

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349841132     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: 14683148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2009.00520.x     Document Type: Article

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