Empirically derived combinations of tools and clinical cutoffs: An illustrative case with a sample of culturally/linguistically diverse children

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 44-53

  Oetting, Janna B ^a   Cleveland, Lesli H ^a   Cope III, Robert F ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Child language disorders; Cultural linguistic diversity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE;

EID: 38949141939     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461(2008/005)     Document Type: Article

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