Language and literacy development of children with williams syndrome

Topics in Language Disorders

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 149-169

  Mervis, Carolyn B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Intellectual disability; Language development; Literacy; Neurodevelopment disorders; Phonics; Reading comprehension; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

EID: 68549136713     PISSN: 02718294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TLD.0b013e3181a72044     Document Type: Article

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