Theory of mind in children with severe speech and physical impairments

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 617-624

  Dahlgren, SvenOlof ^a   Dahlgren Sandberg, Annika ^a   Larsson, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Children; Severe speech and physical impairments; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPEECH DISORDER; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 77949275277     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2009.12.010     Document Type: Article

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