Characterizing optimal intervention intensity: The relationship between dosage and effect size in interventions for children with developmental speech and language difficulties

International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 471-477

  Zeng, Biao ^a   Law, James ^a   Lindsay, Geoff ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dose; Dose form; Intensity; Intervention type; Spacing effect

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH THERAPY;

HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; SPEECH DISORDERS; SPEECH THERAPY; SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY;

EID: 84866382988     PISSN: 17549515     EISSN: 17549507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17549507.2012.720281     Document Type: Review

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