Home literacy environment of pre-school children with intellectual disabilities

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1024-1037

  Van der Schuit, M ^a   Peeters, M ^a   Segers, E ^a   van Balkom, H ^a   Verhoeven, L ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Early literacy; Home literacy environment; Intellectual disability; Language; Pre school

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; SPEECH;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 71249093077     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2009.01222.x     Document Type: Article

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