Assessing the Language of Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 72-80

  Oram, Janis ^a   Fine, Jonathan ^b   Okamoto, Carol ^a   Tannock, Rosemary ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b Hospital for Sick Children ^*

Author keywords

Assessment; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Executive function; Language impairment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033476511     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360.0801.72     Document Type: Article

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