Effects of systematic instruction and an augmentative communication device on phonics skills acquisition for students with moderate intellectual disability who are nonverbal

Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 517-532

  Ahlgrim Delzell, Lynn ^a   Browder, Diane ^a   Wood, Leah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

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