Assessment of pragmatic language impairment in children referred to psychiatric services: A pilot study of the Children's Communication Checklist in a Norwegian sample

Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-30

  Helland, Wenche Andersen ^a   Heimann, Mikael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Child psychiatry; Children's Communication Checklist; Pragmatic language impairment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDREN COMMUNICATION CHECKLIST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NORWAY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PILOT STUDY; PRAGMATIC LANGUAGE DISABILITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPEECH ANALYSIS;

CHILD; COMMUNICATION; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NORWAY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEMANTICS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT;

EID: 34247566560     PISSN: 14015439     EISSN: 16512022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14015430600712056     Document Type: Article

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