Are parents of school-age children with specific language impairments accurate estimators of their child's language skills?

Child Language Teaching and Therapy

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 73-86

  Hauerwas, Laura Boynton ^a,b   Stone, C Addison ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84937326796     PISSN: 02656590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026565900001600106     Document Type: Article

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