Responsiveness of child care providers in interactions with toddlers and preschoolers.
Purpose: This exploratory study investigated the responsive language input of 26 child care providers to young children enrolled in community child care centers. Method: Three subtypes of responsive interaction strategies were rated and compared across two age groups (toddlers, preschoolers) and two...
| Publicado en: | Language, Speech & Hearing Services in Schools Vol. 33; no. 4; pp. 268 - 282 |
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American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Oct2002
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