A systematic review of narrative-based language intervention with children who have language impairment

Communication Disorders Quarterly

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 207-220

  Petersen, Douglas B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

intervention; language impairment; narratives; storytelling

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SKILL; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPEECH THERAPY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 79960482486     PISSN: 15257401     EISSN: 15384837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1525740109353937     Document Type: Review

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