It Depends: Conditional Correlation Between Frequency of Storybook Reading and Emergent Literacy Skills in Children With Language Impairments

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 491-502

  Petrill, Stephen A ^a   Logan, Jessica A R ^a   Sawyer, Brook E ^b   Justice, Laura M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dyslexia; language; literacy; precursors

Indexed keywords

CHILD; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; READING; TIME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; READING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84908134978     PISSN: 00222194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022219412470518     Document Type: Article

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