Mexican immigrant mothers' perceptions of their children's communication disabilities, emergent literacy development, and speech-language therapy program

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 271-282

  Kummerer, Sharon E ^a   Lopez Reyna, Norma A ^b   Hughes, Marie Tejero ^b  

^a Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Early intervention; Emergent literacy; Language disorders; Mexican immigrants; Mothers' beliefs; Speech language therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548346908     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360(2007/031)     Document Type: Article

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