Supporting peer interactions of children with low social communication skills

Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 14-26

  Girolametto, Luigi ^a   Weitzman, Elaine ^b   Greenberg, Janice ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Hanen Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adult child interaction; Children; Day care; Inservice education; Peer interaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATOR; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VIDEOTAPE;

EID: 17644362265     PISSN: 08481970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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