Training direct-care staff to implement an iPad®-based communication intervention with adults with developmental disability.
Objectives: To evaluate the effects of a program for training direct-care staff to implement an iPad®-based communication intervention with adults with developmental disability and severe communication impairment. Methods: Participants were 11 adults with developmental disability and 19 direct-care...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Developmental Disabilities Vol. 63; no. 4; pp. 246 - 256 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Oct2017
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