Oral and written language development of children adopted from China

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 150-160

  Scott, Kathleen A ^a,b   Roberts, Jenny A ^b   Krakow, Rena ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

International adoption; Language impairment; Literacy; Reading impairment; School age children

Indexed keywords

EID: 44449084877     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360(2008/015)     Document Type: Article

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