Performance of Australian children on the Miller assessment for preschoolers compared with USA norms

Australian Occupational Therapy Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 86-94

  Hickey, Annabel ^a   Froude, Elspeth H ^b   Williams, Annette ^c   Hart, Tanya ^d   Summers, Janet ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child development; Cultural differences; Developmental assessments; Miller assessment for preschoolers (MAP)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COORDINATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034080972     PISSN: 00450766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1630.2000.00210.x     Document Type: Article

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