Specific language impairment: A convenient label for whom?

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 416-451

  Reilly, Sheena ^a   Tomblin, Bruce ^b,c   Law, James ^d   McKean, Cristina ^d   Mensah, Fiona K ^a   Morgan, Angela ^a   Goldfeld, Sharon ^a,c   Nicholson, Jan M ^e   Wake, Melissa ^a,c  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e PARENTING RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

child language; language impairment; specific language impairment

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CLASSIFICATION; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DYSLEXIA; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; SOCIAL CHANGE; STATISTICS;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DYSLEXIA; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; SOCIAL CHANGE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84906482776     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1460-6984.12102     Document Type: Review

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