The Penn State Partnerships in AAC Pro ject: A Multidisciplinary Preservice Program for Speech Language Pathologists and Special Education Teachers

No AccessPerspectives on Augmentative and Alternative CommunicationArticle1 Jun 2004The Penn State Partnerships in AAC Pro ject: A Multidisciplinary Preservice Program for Speech Language Pathologists and Special Education Teachers Janice Light, David McNaughton, Kathryn Drager, Barbara Roberts and Keith Wilson Janice Light The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Google Scholar More articles by this author , David McNaughton The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Google Scholar More articles by this author , Kathryn Drager The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Google Scholar More articles by this author , Barbara Roberts The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Google Scholar More articles by this author and Keith Wilson The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Google Scholar More articles by this author https://doi.org/10.1044/aac13.2.8 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationTrack Citations ShareFacebookTwitterLinked In References ASHA. 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