Language delays among foster children: Implications for policy and practice

Child Welfare

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 445-461

  Stock, Carol D ^a   Fisher, Philip A ^b  

^a North Clackamas School District   (United States)

^b OREGON SOCIAL LEARNING CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; MEDICAID; POLICY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MEDICAID; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 33749664526     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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