The role of clinical judgements of modifiability in the diagnosis of language impairment

Advances in Speech Language Pathology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 332-345

  Peña, Elizabeth D ^a   Reséndiz, María ^a   Gillam, Ronald B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment bias; Clinical observation; Dynamic assessment; Language impairment; Language intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 35148876106     PISSN: 14417049     EISSN: 17429528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14417040701413738     Document Type: Article

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