Narrative language intervention intensity and dosage: Telling the whole story

Topics in Language Disorders

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 329-343

  Hoffman, Lavae M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child language impairment; Dosage; Intervention intensity; Language intervention; Narratives

Indexed keywords

EID: 73449141145     PISSN: 02718294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TLD.0b013e3181c29d5f     Document Type: Article

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