The growth of reading skills in children with Down Syndrome

Developmental Science

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 320-329

  Hulme, Charles ^a   Goetz, Kristina ^b   Brigstocke, Sophie ^b   Nash, Hannah M ^b   Lervåg, Arne ^c   Snowling, Margaret J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHONATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; READING; SPEECH; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PHONATION; READING; SPEECH; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84859721650     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2011.01129.x     Document Type: Article

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