Language problems in children with Learning Disabilities: Do they interfere with maternal communication?

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 22-35

  Poikkeus, Anna Maija ^a   Ahonen, Timo ^b   Närhi, Vesa ^a,b   Lyytinen, Paula ^a   Rasku Puttonen, Helena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b Niilo Maki Instituutti   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFERENCE VALUE; TEACHING;

CHILD; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PROBLEM SOLVING; REFERENCE VALUES; TEACHING;

EID: 0033477339     PISSN: 14690047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002221949903200103     Document Type: Article

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