Interviewing Preschoolers from Low- and Middle-SES Communities: A Test of the Narrative Elaboration Recall Improvement Technique

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 568-580

  Dorado, Joyce S ^a   Saywitz, Karen J ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; SCHOOL; SOCIAL CLASS; TEACHING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUES; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; POVERTY AREAS; REMEDIAL TEACHING; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL CLASS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035650501     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15374424JCCP3004_12     Document Type: Article

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