Facilitating emergent literacy: Efficacy of a model that partners speech-language pathologists and educators

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 47-63

  Girolametto, Luigi ^a   Weitzman, Elaine ^b   Greenberg, Janice ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Hanen Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Early childhood settings; Language; Literacy; Preschool; Professional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856761678     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360(2011/11-0002)     Document Type: Article

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