PEDIATRIC SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY REFERRAL IN SINGAPORE - IMPLICATIONS FOR MULTILINGUAL LANGUAGE DISABILITY

Authors
GUPTA AF CHANDLER H
Citation
Af. Gupta et H. Chandler, PEDIATRIC SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY REFERRAL IN SINGAPORE - IMPLICATIONS FOR MULTILINGUAL LANGUAGE DISABILITY, European journal of disorders of communication, 28(3), 1993, pp. 311-317
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Communication,Rehabilitation
Journal title
European journal of disorders of communication → ACNP
ISSN journal
09637273
Volume
28
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
311 - 317
Database
ISI
SICI code
0963-7273(1993)28:3<311:PSALTR>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Singapore is extremely multilingual, a situation that presents many di fficulties for speech and language therapists. A prevalent attitude of tolerance of language use appears to mask language disability in chil dren, and referral rates are low.