Facilitating language skills: Inservice education for early childhood educators and preschool teachers

Infants and Young Children

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 36-49

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Hanen Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child care; Intervention; Language; Preschoolers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749433074     PISSN: 08963746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001163-200601000-00005     Document Type: Review

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