Measuring the Social Competence of Preschool Children With Specific Language Impairment: Correspondence Among Informant Ratings and Behavioral Observations

Topics in Early Childhood Special Education

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 234-246

  McCabe, Paul C ^a   Marshall, Debra J ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Finger Lakes United Cerebral Palsy   (United States)

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EID: 34248650945     PISSN: 02711214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/02711214060260040401     Document Type: Article

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