Parental report of infant language skills: A review of the development and application of the communicative development inventories

Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 198-206

  Law, James ^a   Roy, Penny ^b  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child language; Communicative development inventories (COI); Literature review; Measurement

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LINGUISTICS; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 54049109300     PISSN: 1475357X     EISSN: 14753588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-3588.2008.00503.x     Document Type: Review

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