Why screening canadian preschoolers for language delays is more difficult than it should be

Infants and Young Children

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 290-308

  Frisk, Virginia ^a,b   Montgomery, Lorna ^b   Boychyn, Ellen ^c   Young, Roxanne ^d   Vanryn, Elizabeth ^e   McLachlan, Dorothy ^f   Neufeld, Judi ^g  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b Infant and Child Development Services Peel   (Canada)

^c Durham Region Health Department   (United Kingdom)

^d Children's Resource Services   (Canada)

^e Trellis Mental Health and Developmental Services   (Canada)

^f Infant and Child Development Services Dufferin   (Canada)

^g Waterloo Region Infant Development Program   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment; Early intervention; Language delays; Language disorders; Preschool; Screening; Sensitivity; Specificity; Vocabulary

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349949018     PISSN: 08963746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IYC.0b013e3181bc4db6     Document Type: Article

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