Predictors of print knowledge in children with specific language impairment: Experiential and developmental factors

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-97

  McGinty, Anita S ^a   Justice, Laura M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergent literacy; Language impairment; Print knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LEARNING; MALE; MOTHERS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEACHING;

EID: 60049099371     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2008/07-0279)     Document Type: Article

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