The Development and Enhancement of Narrative Skills in a Preschool Classroom: Towards a Solution to Clinician-Client Mismatch

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-71

  McGregor, Karla K ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African american english; Development; Intervention; Narrative; Peers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034380819     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360.0901.55     Document Type: Article

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