Interview stories: Early years practitioners' experiences with children with speech, language and communication needs

Child Language Teaching and Therapy

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-93

  Mroz, Maria ^a   Letts, Carolyn ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children with speech; Early years practitioners; Language and communication needs

Indexed keywords

EID: 40749129640     PISSN: 02656590     EISSN: 14770865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265659007084569     Document Type: Review

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