The effects of an intensive shared book-reading intervention for preschool children at risk for vocabulary delay

Exceptional Children

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 161-183

  Pollard Durodola, Sharolyn D ^a   Gonzalez, Jorge ^a   Simmons, Deborah C ^a   Kwok, Oiman ^a   Taylor, Aaron B ^a   Davis, Matthew J ^a   Kim, Minjung ^a   Simmons, Leslie ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84860846817     PISSN: 00144029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001440291107700202     Document Type: Article

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