Validity of the Spanish Preschool Language Scale-3 for Use with Bilingual Children

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 382-393

  Restrepo, M Adelaida ^a   Silverman, Stacy W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingual; Children; Language; Test; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035647632     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360(2001/032)     Document Type: Article

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