The effects of fast forword language on the phonemic awareness and reading skills of school-age children with language impairments and poor reading skills

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 376-387

  Loeb, Diane Frome ^a   Gillam, Ronald B ^b   Hoffman, LaVae ^c   Brandel, Jayne ^a   Marquis, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence based intervention; Fast ForWord Language; Phonological awareness; Specific language impairment; Word reading

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449122382     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360(2009/08-0067)     Document Type: Article

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