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Professionals who work with exceptional children, whether they are of high or low intelligence need to meet the challenge of enabling them to communicate. Communication with retarded children is particularly challenging because these children have not reached age-appropriate development in many areas and therefore often cannot communicate adquately in either behavioral or cognitive situations.
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Heimlich, E.P., Mark, A.J. (1990). The Mentally Retarded Child. In: Paraverbal Communication with Children. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0643-6_8
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