Assessing literacy in children and adolescents

Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 38-45

  Hurry, Jane ^a   Doctor, Estelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age range; Assessment; Diagnostic; Reading; Writing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSLEXIA; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 33846935726     PISSN: 1475357X     EISSN: 14753588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-3588.2006.00420.x     Document Type: Review

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