This article presents state-of-the a r t information on speech and language development and skills in infants, toddlers, children, and adolescents with Down syndrome. Research is cited in the areas of early speech and language development, receptive and expressive language, auditory and visual recep
Training reading and phoneme awareness skills in children with Down syndrome
β Scribed by Kristina Goetz; Charles Hulme; Sophie Brigstocke; Julia M. Carroll; Louise Nasir; M. Snowling
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 423 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0922-4777
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