Measuring responsive style in parents who use aac with their children: Development and evaluation of a new instrument

AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 243-253

  Broberg, Malin ^a   Ferm, Ulrika ^a   Thunberg, Gunilla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Augmentative and alternative communication; Communicative disability; Communicative style; Instrument evaluation; Responsive communication

Indexed keywords

AUGMENTATIVE-AND-ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION; CEREBRAL PALSY; COMMUNICATIVE DISABILITY; COMMUNICATIVE STYLE; DOWN SYNDROME; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; NEW INSTRUMENT; SUPPORT INTERACTION; TRAINING COURSE;

COMMUNICATION; DISEASES; HUMAN REHABILITATION ENGINEERING;

INSTRUMENTS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMMUNICATION AID; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SWEDEN;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; DISABLED CHILDREN; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84871569708     PISSN: 07434618     EISSN: 14773848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07434618.2012.740686     Document Type: Article

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