Explaining the academic achievement at school leaving for pupils with a history of language impairment: Previous academic achievement and literacy skills

Child Language Teaching and Therapy

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 223-237

  Dockrell, Julie E ^a   Lindsay, Geoff ^b   Palikara, Olympia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute of Education   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

attainments; literacy; specific language impairment; writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957630089     PISSN: 02656590     EISSN: 14770865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265659011398671     Document Type: Article

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