Visual Symbol Communication Instruction with Nonverbal, Multiply-Handicapped Individuals.

Elder, Pamela S.; Bergman, Joan S.

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Publication Date: 1978

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Visual Symbol Communication Instruction with Nonverbal, Multiply-Handicapped Individuals

Elder, Pamela S.; Bergman, Joan S.

Mental Retardation, 16, 2, 107-12, Apr 78

A specific methodology for teaching a chosen visual symbol system and facilitating its usage in nonspeech communication by nonverbal handicapped persons, Visual Symbol Communication Instruction, was implemented with five nonverbal, mentally retarded individuals (3 to 17 years old). (Author/SBH)

Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation, Multiple Disabilities, Nonverbal Communication, Symbolic Language

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