Language and literacy curriculum supplement for preschoolers who are academically at risk: A feasibility study

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 161-178

  Justice, Laura M ^a   McGinty, Anita S ^b   Cabell, Sonia Q ^b   Kilday, Carolyn R ^b   Knighton, Kathy ^c   Huffman, Ginger ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c West Virginia Health Dept   (United States)

Author keywords

At risk children; Curriculum; Emergent literacy; Preschool programs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; DYSLEXIA; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPEECH THERAPY; UNITED STATES;

APPALACHIAN REGION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CURRICULUM; DYSLEXIA; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; POVERTY AREAS;

EID: 77950677933     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461(2009/08-0058)     Document Type: Article

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