Assessing spoken language competence in children with selective mutism: Using parents as test presenters

Communication Disorders Quarterly

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 184-195

  Klein, Evelyn R ^a   Armstrong, Sharon Lee ^a   Shipon Blum, Elisa ^b  

^a LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Selective Mutism Anxiety Research and Treatment Center   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety disorders; children; language assessment; parents; selective mutism

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPETENCE; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MUTISM; NARRATIVE; PARENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SELECTIVE MUTISM; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPEECH AND LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84875923965     PISSN: 15257401     EISSN: 15384837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1525740112455053     Document Type: Article

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