Use of narrative-based language intervention with children who have specific language impairment

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 131-143

  Swanson, Lori A ^a   Fey, Marc E ^b   Mills, Carrie E ^a   Hood, Lynn S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c National Health Care   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Intervention; Narrative; Specific language impairment; Story composition

Indexed keywords

EID: 23744500124     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360(2005/014)     Document Type: Article

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