The effects of speech and language therapy intervention on children with pragmatic language impairments in mainstream school

British Journal of Special Education

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 226-233

  Adams, Catherine ^a   Lloyd, Julian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Case studies; Communication skills; Language; Special educational needs; Special therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149016065     PISSN: 09523383     EISSN: 14678578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8578.2007.00483.x     Document Type: Article

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