Effects of targeted reading instruction on phonological awareness and phonic decoding in children with Down syndrome

American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 111-129

  Cologon, Kathy ^a   Cupples, Linda ^a   Wyver, Shirley ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEACHING; VISUAL DISORDER;

AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; PHONETICS; READING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEACHING; VISION DISORDERS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 79956211176     PISSN: 19447558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/1944-7558-116.2.111     Document Type: Review

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