Caregiver-Child Interactions and Their Impact on Children's Fluency: Implications for Treatment

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 46-56

  Ratner, Nan Bernstein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Counseling; Fluency; Language; Parents; Stuttering

Indexed keywords

EID: 1042279418     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461(2004/006)     Document Type: Article

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