Listening to children with communication impairment talking through their drawings

Journal of Early Childhood Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 244-263

  Holliday, Erin L ^a   Harrison, Linda J ^a   McLeod, Sharynne ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Communication; Drawing; Language; Speech

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350538870     PISSN: 1476718X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476718X09336969     Document Type: Article

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