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Product

Supporting AAC use for functional communication of preschoolers with complex communication needs.

Center:

MI-Developmental Disabilities Institute, UCEDD/LEND

Fiscal Year:

2021

Contact Information:

Michael Bray
[email protected]
313-577-4178

Product Description:

An estimated one million children in the United States have complex communication needs (CCN; Binger & Light, 2006), defined as having little to no intelligible speech (Light et al., 2019), including approximately 12% of preschoolers receiving special education services (Binger & Light, 2006).

Keyword(s):

AAC, communication

Product/Publication Type(s):

Peer-reviewed publications in scholarly journals Published/In Press

Target Audience:

Consumers/Families, Professionals, Students

Alternative Format:

To Obtain Copies (URL or Email):

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1096250620959664

COVID-19 Related Data:

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