Exploring the outcomes of a novel computer-assisted treatment program targeting expressive-grammar deficits in preschoolers with SLI

Journal of Communication Disorders

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 315-330

  Washington, Karla N ^a   Warr Leeper, Genese ^a   Thomas Stonell, Nancy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b University of Toronto   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Computer assisted treatment; Expressive grammar; Specific language impairment; Treatment effectiveness; Treatment outcome; Verbal working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPRESSIVE GRAMMAR DEFICIT; FEMALE; GRAMMAR; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPECIFIC LANGAUGE IMPAIRMENT; STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; SEMANTICS; SOFTWARE; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 79955793027     PISSN: 00219924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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