Reading as an intervention for vocabulary, short-term memory and speech development of school-aged children with down syndrome. A review of the evidence

Advances in Child Development and Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue C, 2010, Pages 131-162

  Laws, Glynis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374748-8.00004-4     Document Type: Chapter

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