Do the Wechsler scales underestimate the difference between verbal and performance abilities in children with language-related disorders?

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 291-298

  Ottem, Ernst ^a,b  

^a National Centre for Logopedics   (Norway)

^b Bredtvet Kompetansesenter   (Norway)

Author keywords

Language impaired; Reading impaired; V P IQ differences; WISC R; WPPSI

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 0036731290     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9450.00297     Document Type: Article

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