A systematic meta-analytic review of evidence for the effectiveness of the 'Fast ForWord' language intervention program

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 224-235

  Strong, Gemma K ^a   Torgerson, Carole J ^b   Torgerson, David ^a   Hulme, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

auditory processing; Fast ForWord; Language impairment; reading difficulties

Indexed keywords

CHILD; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DYSLEXIA; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; META ANALYSIS; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; DYSLEXIA; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 79751511266     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2010.02329.x     Document Type: Article

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