Teacher identification of children at risk for language impairment in the first year of school

International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 244-252

  Antoniazzi, Diana ^a   Snow, Pamela ^b   Dickson Swift, Virginia ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Language impairment; Prevalence; Screening; Teachers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; SCHOOL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNIVERSITY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; RISK; SCHOOLS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77951284991     PISSN: 17549515     EISSN: 17549507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17549500903104447     Document Type: Article

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