Written and oral narratives of children and adolescents with down syndrome

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 436-450

  Bird, Elizabeth Kay Raining ^a   Cleave, Patricia L ^a   White, Denise ^a,b   Pike, Heather ^a,b   Helmkay, April ^a,c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Nova Scotia public schools ^*

^c Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario   (Canada)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Language development; Literacy; Narratives; Spelling; Writing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DOWN SYNDROME; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MEASUREMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOWN SYNDROME; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LINGUISTICS; READING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 45249112016     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2008/032)     Document Type: Article

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