Making decisions about service delivery in early childhood programs

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 416-423

  Case Smith, Jane ^a   Holland, Terri ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b City of Dublin   (United States)

Author keywords

Consultative services; Early childhood special education; Service delivery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH DISORDER; TEACHING; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNIVERSITY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FACULTY; FAMILY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY; TEACHING;

EID: 70349980022     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461(2009/08-0023)     Document Type: Article

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