Communication skills in a population of primary school-aged children raised in an area of pronounced social disadvantage

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 657-664

  Law, James ^a,b   McBean, Kirsty ^b   Rush, Robert ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Children; Developmental language impairment; Evidence based practice (EBP); Intervention

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHOOL; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPEECH THERAPY; UNITED KINGDOM; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; MALE; SCHOOLS; SCOTLAND; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL SKILLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84055176232     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-6984.2011.00036.x     Document Type: Article

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