Development of a quality of life measure for children and young people with speech, language, and communication needs

Evidence-Based Communication Assessment and Intervention

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 216-225

  Markham, Chris ^a   Van Laar, Darren ^a   Dean, Taraneh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Communication needs; Measure; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 84935481104     PISSN: 17489539     EISSN: 17489547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17489539.2012.688342     Document Type: Article

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