Evaluation of a phonological reading programme for children with Down syndrome

Child Language Teaching and Therapy

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-56

  Baylis, Pamela ^a   Snowling, Margaret J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

case series design; Down syndrome; literacy; reading intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857891330     PISSN: 02656590     EISSN: 14770865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265659011414277     Document Type: Article

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