A consultative itinerant approach to service delivery: Considerations for the early childhood community

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 435-445

  Dinnebeil, Laurie ^a   Pretti Frontczak, Kristie ^b   McInerney, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early childhood special education; Itinerant early childhood special educators; Preschool children

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; TEACHING; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNIVERSITY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); EDUCATION, SPECIAL; ENVIRONMENT; FACULTY; HUMANS; LEARNING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; TEACHING;

EID: 70349993440     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461(2008/08-0028)     Document Type: Article

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