Improving preschool educators’ interactive shared book reading: Effects of coaching in professional development

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 717-732

  Rezzonico, Stefano ^a   Hipfner Boucher, Kathleen ^a   Milburn, Trelani ^a   Weitzman, Elaine ^b   Greenberg, Janice ^b   Pelletier, Janette ^a   Girolametto, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Hanen Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVERSATION; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GROUP DYNAMICS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST; VIDEORECORDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; HUMAN RELATION; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSERY SCHOOL; ONTARIO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; READING; SPEECH DISORDER;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; ONTARIO; READING; SCHOOLS, NURSERY; SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY;

EID: 84981717711     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/2015_AJSLP-14-0188     Document Type: Article

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