Non-standard assessment practices in the evaluation of communication in Australian Aboriginal children

Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 643-657

  Gould, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal English; Language testing; Speech language pathology

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIAL EDUCATION; SPEECH AND LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY;

EID: 51349115622     PISSN: 02699206     EISSN: 14645076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699200802222206     Document Type: Article

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