Working with linguistically diverse families in early intervention: Misconceptions and missed opportunities

Seminars in Speech and Language

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 187-198

  Moore, Susan M ^a,b   Pérez Méndez, Clara ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Puentes Culturales   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; Early intervention; Second language acquisition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST; SPEECH THERAPY;

CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FAMILY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MULTILINGUALISM; SPEECH THERAPY; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 33749610488     PISSN: 07340478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-948229     Document Type: Article

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