Eligibility criteria for language impairment: is the low end of normal always appropriate?
Purpose: The assumption that children with language impairment will receive low scores on standardized tests, and therefore that low scores will accurately identify these children, is examined through a review of data in the manuals of tests that are intended for use in identifying such children. Me...
| Publicado en: | Language, Speech & Hearing Services in Schools Vol. 37; no. 1; pp. 61 - 73 |
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American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Jan2006
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