Pragmatic language and the child with emotional/behavioural difficulties (EBD): A pilot study exploring the interaction between behaviour and communication disability

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 397-410

  MacKie, Leila ^a   Law, James ^a  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

behaviour; children; emotion; language impairment; pragmatics; reading

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARENT; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD LANGUAGE; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; READING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77953946014     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13682820903105137     Document Type: Article

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