Teaching teachers about augmentative and alternative communication: Opportunities and challenges of a web-based course.

Although augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) has become a widely accepted means of supporting children who have complex communication needs, demographic data indicate that AAC instruction lags behind service delivery needs. In this paper, information is presented about a web-based AAC c...

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Publicado en:AAC: Augmentative & Alternative Communication Vol. 21; no. 4; pp. 264 - 278
Autores principales: Lebel, Tal, Olshtain, Elite, Weiss, Patrice L.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Dec2005
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          The Hebrew University, Israel
          University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
          Kibbutzim College of Education, Tel Aviv, Israel
          Mishaul, the Israeli Center for Augmentative Communication and Assistive Devices, Jerusalem, Israel
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        Means of communication for people with disabilities
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        Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
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