Construct validity of the FOCUS© (Focus on the Outcomes of Communication Under Six): A communicative participation outcome measure for preschool children

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 481-489

  Washington, K ^a   Thomas Stonell, N ^a   Oddson, B ^b   Mcleod, S ^c   Warr Leeper, G ^d   Robertson, B ^a   Rosenbaum, P ^e  

^a University of Toronto   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Communicative participation; Construct validity; FOCUS ; Outcome measures; Preschoolers; Speech language intervention; World Health Organization

Indexed keywords

CHILD; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SPEECH THERAPY; STANDARDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL LANGUAGE DISORDER; STANDARD;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SPEECH THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879183700     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cch.12043     Document Type: Article

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