How to distinguish normal from disordered children with poor language or motor skills

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 336-344

  Dyck, Murray ^a   Piek, Jan ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Developmental Coordination Disorder; Developmental disorder; Discrepancy criterion; Language impairment; Mixed ReceptiveExpressive Language Disorder; Motor skills

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 77951602827     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13682820903009503     Document Type: Article

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