Screening Low-Income African American Children Using the BLT-2S and the SPELT-P

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 44-52

  Rhyner, Paula M ^c   Kelly, Donna J ^a   Brantley, Amy L ^b   Krueger, Dawn M ^b  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Milwaukee Public Schools   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Black English dialect; Kindergarten; Language screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033480436     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360.0801.44     Document Type: Article

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