Initial mean length of utterance predicts the relative efficacy of two grammatical treatments in preschoolers with specific language impairment

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1170-1181

  Yoder, Paul J ^a   Molfese, Dennis ^b   Gardner, Elizabeth ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Intervention; Milieu language teaching; Moderated treatment effects; Recasts; Therapy methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH THERAPY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79961149919     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2010/09-0246)     Document Type: Article

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