Roles and Responsibilities of Speech-Language Pathologists Serving Persons with Mental Retardation/Develeopmental Disabilities
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Reference this material as: American Speech-LanguageHearing Association. (2005). Roles and Responsibilities of Speech-Language Pathologists Serving Persons With Mental Retardation/Developmental Disabilities. Available at http://www.asha.org/members/deskref-journals/deskref/default
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Roles and Responsibilities of Speech-Language Pathologists With Respect to Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Technical Report
Reference this material as: American Speech-LanguageHearing Association. (2004). Roles and responsibilities of speech-language pathologists with respect to augmentative and alternative communication: Technical report. ASHA Supplement 24, in press.
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