Toddlers with delayed expressive language: An overview of the characteristics, risk factors and language outcomes

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 400-407

  Hawa, Vera V ^a   Spanoudis, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Clinical implications; Expressive language delay; Intrinsic and extrinsic factors; Language outcomes; Late talkers

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SKILL; EMOTIONALITY; EPIGENETICS; GESTURE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PARENTAL STRESS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SPEECH DELAY; SPEECH THERAPY; SYMBOLISM; TODDLER;

CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS; EXPRESSIVE LANGUAGE DELAY; INTRINSIC AND EXTRINSIC FACTORS; LANGUAGE OUTCOMES; LATE TALKERS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84890391680     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2013.10.027     Document Type: Review

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