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Identifying children at risk for language impairment: screening of communication at 18 months
Author(s) -
Lacerda F
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2003.tb02564.x
Subject(s) - medicine , specific language impairment , language impairment , identification (biology) , pediatrics , developmental psychology , psychology , botany , biology
The difficulties of early identification of children at risk for language impairment are discussed against a background of other more or less important phenomena. Conclusion : Bruce et al.'s professional screening at 18 mo provides relevant information to detect children at risk for language impairment.