Providing training in speech and language for education professionals: Challenges, support and the view from the ground

Child Language Teaching and Therapy

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 155-176

  Mroz, Maria ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33745172492     PISSN: 02656590     EISSN: 14770865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0265659006ct305oa     Document Type: Article

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