A qualitative examination of current guidelines for evidence-based practice in child language intervention

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 78-88

  Brackenbury, Tim ^a   Burroughs, Elizabeth ^a   Hewitt, Lynne E ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Clinical practice; Intervention research; Oral motor therapy; Vocabulary intervention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SPEECH THERAPY;

CHILD; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE THERAPY;

EID: 38949209133     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461(2008/008)     Document Type: Article

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