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The language-handicapped child. Coordinated evaluation by physicians and educators.

W J WEDELL·E A LOWN·R CONNOR
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Seventy children were studied during 1959 in a special school program because of major language problems. A team of medical and educational personnel studied each child during a ten-day school enrollment. The results of the medical and educational studies were of great value in establishing the correct diagnosis and devising a suitable educational program for the children.

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W J WEDELL, E A LOWN, R CONNOR. 1961. The language-handicapped child. Coordinated evaluation by physicians and educators.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/13783688/

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