Literacy and the role of parents of deaf children

Deafness and Education International

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 20-38

  Heineman Gosschalk, Renée ^a   Webster, Alec ^b  

^a Dr PCM Bosschool ^*  (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deaf children; Deaf education; Literacy development; Parent participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037224675     PISSN: 14643154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146431503790560772     Document Type: Article

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