Systematic review documents PECS effectiveness for exchange-based outcome variables, but effects on speech, social or challenging behavior remain unclear1

Evidence-Based Communication Assessment and Intervention

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 55-61

  Wendt, Oliver ^a   Boesch, Miriam C ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 77955164104     PISSN: 17489539     EISSN: 17489547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17489531003771753     Document Type: Article

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