Collecting outcomes data in schools: Needs and challenges

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 250-255

  Gallagher, Tanya M ^a,d   Swigert, Nancy B ^b   Baum, Herbert M ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Swigert and Associates Inc   (United States)

^c AMERICAN SPEECH LANGUAGE HEARING ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^d Montreal West Island Integrated University Health and Social Services Center   (Canada)

Author keywords

Outcomes measurement; School based speech language pathology and audiology; Treatment outcomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032220711     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461.2904.250     Document Type: Review

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