Working together? The practice of educational psychologists and speech and language therapists with children with specific speech and language difficulties

Educational and Child Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 77-88

  Palikara, Olympia ^b   Lindsay, Geoff ^a   Cullen, Mairi Ann ^b   Dockrell, Julie E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 84902138964     PISSN: 02671611     EISSN: 23968702     Source Type: Book Series    
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