The association between expressive grammar intervention and social and emergent literacy outcomes for preschoolers with SLI

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 113-125

  Washington, Karla N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emergent literacy; Expressive grammar intervention; Preschool outcomes; Social skills; Specific language impairment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874057615     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360(2012/11-0026)     Document Type: Article

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