Language intervention practices for school-age children with spoken language disorders: A systematic review

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Cirrin, Frank M ^a   Gillam, Ronald B ^b  

^a Minneapolis Public Schools   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence based practice; Language disorder; School age children

Indexed keywords

CHILD; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LINGUISTICS; REVIEW; SPEECH DISORDER; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LINGUISTICS; SPEECH DISORDERS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 38949110333     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461(2008/012)     Document Type: Review

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