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Peer reviewedCoelho, Carl A. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 1990
This study of four moderately to severely aphasic subjects found that success in manual sign training programs is related to severity of aphasia, that aphasic subjects' propositional use of manual signs rarely follows simple acquisition, and that generalization to untrained stimuli or environments does not occur without additional training.…
Descriptors: Adults, Aphasia, Generalization, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedShaffer, Thomas R.; Goehl, Henry – Mental Retardation, 1974
Described is the alinguistic (without language) child, and proposed is a remedial program stressing manual communication methods. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Aphasia, Behavior Change, Exceptional Child Education, Language Acquisition
