Language and academic abilities in children with selective mutism

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 271-290

  Nowakowski, Matilda E ^a   Cunningham, Charles C ^a   McHolm, Angela E ^a   Evans, Mary Ann ^b   Edison, Shannon ^b   St Pierre, Jeff ^c   Boyle, Michael H ^a   Schmidt, Louis A ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c Ministry of Children and Youth Services Child and Parent Resource Institute   (Canada)

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EID: 67649550083     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: 15227219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.624     Document Type: Article

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