Training reading and phoneme awareness skills in children with Down syndrome

Reading and Writing

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 395-412

  Goetz, Kristina ^a   Hulme, Charles ^a   Brigstocke, Sophie ^a   Carroll, Julia M ^a   Nasir, Louise ^a   Snowling, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Learning support assistants; Phonics; Reading intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 43049123436     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-007-9089-3     Document Type: Article

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