Phonological assessment of specific learning difficulties: A critique of the phonological assessment battery

Educational Psychology in Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 67-73

  Whittaker, Marianne ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0039468664     PISSN: 02667363     EISSN: 14695839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0266736960120201     Document Type: Article

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