The revision decision: Is change always good? A comparison of CELF-R and CELF-3 test scores in children with language impairment, focal brain damage, and typical development

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 182-189

  Ballantyne, Angela O ^a,b   Spilkin, Amy M ^a   Trauner, Doris A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CELF 3; CELF R; Focal lesion; Language assessment; Language impairment; Psychometrics; Test revisions

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC BRAIN DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

APTITUDE; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 34547743112     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461(2007/019)     Document Type: Article

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