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Teaching functional speech to the severely handicapped: Current issues

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Goetz, L., Schuler, A. & Sailor, W. Teaching functional speech to the severely handicapped: Current issues. J Autism Dev Disord 9, 325–343 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01531443

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