Children with speech, language and communication needs their perceptions of their quality of life

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 748-768

  Markham, Chris ^a   Van Laar, Darren ^a   Gibbard, Deborah ^b   Dean, Taraneh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b Portsmouth City Teaching Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Language and communication; Qualitative; Quality of life; Speech; Young people

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EDUCATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDEPENDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEISURE; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPEECH DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOLS; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPEECH DISORDERS;

EID: 70350091458     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13682820802359892     Document Type: Article

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