Feasibility and benefit of parent participation in a program emphasizing preschool child language development while homeless

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 252-263

  O'Neil Pirozzi, Therese M ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Homeless people; Language; Parents; Preschool children

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TESTS; LEARNING; MALE; PARENTS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69449104008     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360(2008/08-0006)     Document Type: Article

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