Communication and academic challenges in early adolescence for children who have been adopted from the former Soviet Union

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 303-313

  Beverly, Brenda L ^a   McGuinness, Teena M ^b   Blanton, Debra J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c Bureau of Indian Education   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; International adoption; Language disorders; School age children

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MIGRATION; NEWBORN; ORPHANAGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; USSR;

ACCULTURATION; ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; ORPHANAGES; RISK FACTORS; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES; USSR;

EID: 49049122214     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461(2008/029)     Document Type: Article

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