Re-thinking Access to AAC Technologies for Young Children: Simplifying the Learning Demands

No AccessPerspectives on Augmentative and Alternative CommunicationArticle1 Apr 2004Re-thinking Access to AAC Technologies for Young Children: Simplifying the Learning Demands Janice Light, and Kathryn Drager Janice Light Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Penn State UniversityUniversity Park, PA Google Scholar and Kathryn Drager Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Penn State UniversityUniversity Park, PA Google Scholar https://doi.org/10.1044/aac13.1.5 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationTrack Citations ShareFacebookTwitterLinked In References Bauer, P. J., & Mandler, J. M. (1989). Taxonomies and triads: Conceptual organization in one- to two-year-olds.Cognitive Psychology, 21, 156–184. Google Scholar Beals, D. E. (1997). Sources of support for learning words in conversation: Evidence from mealtimes.Journal of Child Language, 24, 673–694. Google Scholar Beals, D. E., & Tabors, P. O. (1995). 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