Using principles of learning to inform language therapy design for children with specific language impairment

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 487-498

  Alt, Mary ^a   Meyers, Christina ^a   Ancharski, Alexandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

children; intervention; learning; specific language impairment; therapy

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION; CHILD; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SLEEP; SPEECH THERAPY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUES; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SLEEP;

EID: 84865843492     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-6984.2012.00169.x     Document Type: Review

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