English or Spanish?: Assessing Latino/a children in the home and school languages for risk of reading disabilities

Topics in Language Disorders

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-83

  Townsend, Dianna ^a   Collins, Penny ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Early identification; English as a second language; Reading disabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 39449120280     PISSN: 02718294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.adt.0000311416.77590.b5     Document Type: Article

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