Language profiles in children with Down Syndrome and children with Language Impairment: Implications for early intervention

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 373-382

  Polišenská, Kamila ^a   Kapalková, Svetlana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Down Syndrome; Grammar; Intervention; Language Impairment; Vocabulary

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; EARLY INTERVENTION; EFFECT SIZE; EXPRESSIVE VOCABULARY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISSOCIATION; GRAMMAR; HUMAN; INTERNAL VALIDITY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DELAY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECEPTIVE VOCABULARY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPEECH THERAPY; WORD LEARNING;

DOWN SYNDROME; GRAMMAR; INTERVENTION; LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENT; VOCABULARY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84890411329     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2013.11.022     Document Type: Article

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