Training phonological awareness skills in children with Down syndrome

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 44-57

  Kennedy, Esther J ^a   Flynn, Mark C ^b  

^a Ministry of Education   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Literacy; Phonological awareness; Reading; Speech

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CASE REPORT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMAN; LEARNING; PHONEME; PHONETICS; READING; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTICS; SKILL; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

ARTICULATION DISORDERS; AWARENESS; CHILD; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; SPEECH; SPEECH THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037240382     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-4222(02)00168-3     Document Type: Article

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