Comparing PECS and VOCA to promote communication opportunities and to reduce stereotyped behaviors by three girls with Rett syndrome

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1269-1278

  Stasolla, Fabrizio ^a   De Pace, Claudia ^b   Damiani, Rita ^b   Di Leone, Antonia ^b   Albano, Vincenza ^b   Perilli, Viviana ^a  

^a Centro Ricerche Lega del Filo d'Oro   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Augmentative and alternative communication; Developmental disabilities; Indices of happiness; Quality of life; Rett syndrome; Stereotypies

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BODY MOVEMENT; CAREGIVER; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNICATION AID; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; PICTURE EXCHANGE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETT SYNDROME; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPEECH THERAPY; STEREOTYPY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VOCAL OUTPUT COMMUNICATION AID;

EID: 84905160311     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: 18780237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2014.06.009     Document Type: Article

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