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Strategies for achieving joint attention when signing to children with Down's syndrome

John Clibbens Centre for Thinking and Language, University of Plymouth, UK
,
Gaye G. Powell College of St Mark and St John, Plymouth, UK
&
Ellen Atkinson Centre for Thinking and Language, University of Plymouth, UK
Pages 309-323 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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