Treating children with expressive phonological disorders: Does phonological awareness therapy work in the clinic?

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 493-504

  Denne, M ^a,c   Langdown, N ^b,d   Pring, Tim ^b   Roy, P ^b  

^a Croydon and Surrey Downs NHS Trust UK   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Speech and Language Therapy Department   (United Kingdom)

^d South Birmingham Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Expressive phonological disorders; Literacy; Phonological awareness; Speech production

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; PHONETICS; READING; SPEECH; SPEECH DISORDER;

ARTICULATION DISORDERS; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHONATION; SPEECH ARTICULATION TESTS; SPEECH THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 24944553015     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13682820500142582     Document Type: Article

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