Towards evidence-based practice in language intervention for bilingual children

Journal of Communication Disorders

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 523-537

  Thordardottir, Elin ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD REARING; CULTURAL FACTOR; CULTURAL SENSITIVITY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; SPEECH THERAPY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; MULTILINGUALISM;

EID: 77957917470     PISSN: 00219924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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