Evaluation of the clinical decisions made for 2-year-olds referred for speech and language therapy: A follow-up study

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 42, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 1-15

  Emanuel, Rosemary ^a,c   Chiat, Shula ^b   Roy, Penny ^b  

^a Bexley Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Woodside Speech and Language Therapy Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2 year olds; Clinical decisions; Follow up; Language

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; SPEECH; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH THERAPY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH DISORDERS; SPEECH THERAPY;

EID: 34147172217     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13682820600624216     Document Type: Article

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