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Lebeis, Sandra; Lebeis, Roger F. – Bureau Memorandum, 1975
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Exceptional Child Research, Institutionalized Persons, Manual Communication
Peer reviewedVanBiervliet, Alan – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1977
A study involving six institutionalized retarded males was designed to determine if sign-object and sign-word training would lead to acquisition of word-object associations. (Author)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Institutionalized Persons, Language Instruction, Manual Communication
Peer reviewedSchepis, Maureen M.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1982
A program was implemented to increase the manual signing of five profoundly retarded (mean age, 19 years) and four autistic (mean age, 9 years) youth within their daily environment. (Author)
Descriptors: Attendants, Autism, Children, Communication Skills
