Early Literacy of Kindergartners With Hearing Impairment: The Role of Mother-Child Collaborative Writing

Topics in Early Childhood Special Education

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-41

  Aram, Dorit ^a   Most, Tova ^a   Ben Simon, Adi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

deaf hearing impaired; early literacy; joint writing; kindergartners; parent child interaction; phonology

Indexed keywords

EID: 43749098762     PISSN: 02711214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0271121408314627     Document Type: Article

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