School Readiness Among Children With Varying Histories of Language Difficulties

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 460-476

  Justice, Laura M ^a   Bowles, Ryan P ^b   Turnbull, Khara L Pence ^c   Skibbe, Lori E ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

kindergarten readiness; language acquisition; language difficulties; school adjustment

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONTROL; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MATHEMATICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

APTITUDE TESTS; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 63149191345     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014324     Document Type: Article

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