Long-term outcomes for children with early language problems: Beating the odds

Children and Society

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 202-214

  Parsons, Samantha ^a   Schoon, Ingrid ^a   Rush, Robert ^b   Law, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Literacy and language

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953325510     PISSN: 09510605     EISSN: 10990860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1099-0860.2009.00274.x     Document Type: Article

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