A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Language Skills of Youth Offenders.
Purpose: This systematic review and meta-analysis estimates the overall language skills of youth offenders involved with the juvenile justice system. Given the importance of this population, identifying avenues through which we can increase the likelihood of successful interventions is a necessary s...
| Published in: | Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research Vol. 65; no. 3; pp. 1166 - 1183 |
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American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
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