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Research Article

Effects of adapted Letter-Sound correspondence instruction with older learners with complex communication needs and autism spectrum disorder

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Pages 45-59 | Received 19 Oct 2021, Accepted 29 Mar 2022, Published online: 20 Oct 2022

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