Promoting turn-taking skills in preschool children with disabilities: The effects of a peer-based social communication intervention

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 303-319

  Stanton Chapman, Tina L ^a   Snell, Martha E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Initiations; Preschool; Social skills; Turn takes

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955617976     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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