Print referencing: an emergent literacy enhancement strategy and its clinical applications.

@article{Justice2004PrintRA,
  title={Print referencing: an emergent literacy enhancement strategy and its clinical applications.},
  author={Laura M. Justice and Helen K. Ezell},
  journal={Language, speech, and hearing services in schools},
  year={2004},
  volume={35 2},
  pages={
          185-93
        }
}
  • L. Justice, H. Ezell
  • Published 1 April 2004
  • Psychology
  • Language, speech, and hearing services in schools
Print referencing is an evidence-based strategy that may be used by speech-language pathologists and other early childhood specialists to enhance the emergent literacy skills of young children. Print referencing is a strategy implemented within the context of adult-child shared storybook reading interactions, and specifically refers to the use of verbal and nonverbal cues to encourage children's attention to and interactions with print. Print referencing increases the metalinguistic focus of… 
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