Teaching graphic symbol combinations to children with limited speech during shared story reading

AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 279-297

  Tonsing, Kerstin M ^a   Dada, Shakila ^a   Alant, Erna ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aided communication; Augmentative and alternative communication; Graphic symbol combinations; Matrix strategy; Shared story reading

Indexed keywords

HUMAN REHABILITATION ENGINEERING; SEMANTICS;

AIDED COMMUNICATION; AUGMENTATIVE-AND-ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION; GRAPHIC SYMBOLS; INTERVENTION STRATEGY; POST INTERVENTIONS; SEMANTIC RELATIONS; SHARED STORY READING; TYPES OF RELATIONS;

PROBES;

CHILD; COMMUNICATION AID; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; MALE; READING; SPEECH DISORDERS;

CHILD; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; READING; SPEECH DISORDERS;

EID: 84913553397     PISSN: 07434618     EISSN: 14773848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07434618.2014.965846     Document Type: Article

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