Incidental receptive language growth associated with expressive grammar intervention in SLI

First Language

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-63

  Camarata, Stephen ^a,c   Nelson, Keith E ^b   Gillum, Heather ^a   Camarata, Mary ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Language comprehension; Language intervention; Receptive language disorders; Specific Language Impairment

Indexed keywords

EID: 61249424123     PISSN: 01427237     EISSN: 17402344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0142723708098810     Document Type: Article

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