Support required for primary and secondary students with communication disorders and/or other learning needs

Child Language Teaching and Therapy

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 123-143

  McLeod, Sharynne ^a   McKinnon, David H ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

behaviour; epidemiology; intellectual disability; language; physical medical disability; prevalence; prioritization; speech; vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955048134     PISSN: 02656590     EISSN: 14770865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265659010368754     Document Type: Article

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