Communication in individuals with Rett syndrome: An assessment of forms and functions

Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 105-118

  Didden, Robert ^a   Korzilius, Hubert ^a   Smeets, Eric ^b   Green, Vanessa A ^b   Lang, Russell ^c   Lancioni, Giulio E ^d   Curfs, Leopold M ^e  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children and adults; Communicative behaviors; Communicative forms; Communicative functions; Prelinguistic behavior; Rett syndrome

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859489163     PISSN: 1056263X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10882-009-9168-2     Document Type: Article

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