Mapping practice onto theory: The speech and language practitioner's construction of receptive language impairment

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 245-263

  Law, J ^a   Campbell, C ^a   Roulstone, S ^a   Adams, C ^a   Boyle, J ^a  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Practice; Receptive language impairment; Speech language therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOMENOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKILL; SPEECH AND LANGUAGE; SPEECH THERAPY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY;

AGE FACTORS; APHASIA, WERNICKE; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPEECH THERAPY;

EID: 43249091803     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13682820701489717     Document Type: Article

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