Acquisition, Preference, and Follow-up Data on the Use of Three AAC Options by Four Boys with Developmental Disability/Delay

Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 565-583

  Achmadi, Donna ^a   Sigafoos, Jeff ^a   van der Meer, Larah ^a   Sutherland, Dean ^b   Lancioni, Giulio E ^c   O’Reilly, Mark F ^d   Hodis, Flaviu ^a   Green, Vanessa A ^a   McLay, Laurie ^b   Marschik, Peter B ^e  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Augmentative and alternative communication; Developmental delay; Maintenance; Manual signing; Picture exchange; Preference; Speech generating device

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939896827     PISSN: 1056263X     EISSN: 15733580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10882-014-9379-z     Document Type: Article

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