Development of the FOCUS (Focus on the Outcomes of Communication Under Six), a communication outcome measure for preschool children

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-53

  Thomas Stonell, Nancy L ^a   Oddson, Bruce ^b   Robertson, Bernadette ^a   Rosenbaum, Peter L ^c  

^a University of Toronto   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REDUNDANCY ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CANADA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOMETRICS; SPEECH DISORDERS; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; SPEECH THERAPY;

EID: 73249135582     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2009.03410.x     Document Type: Article

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