Training communication abilities in Rett Syndrome through reading and writing

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Fabio, Rosa Angela ^a   Castelli, Ilaria ^b   Marchetti, Antonella ^b   Antonietti, Alessandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cognitive rehabilitation; Communication; Modificability; Reading; Rett Syndrome; Writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891680834     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00911     Document Type: Article

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