Grandparents of Children with Disabilities: Perceived Levels of Support

Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 293-303

  Seligman, Milton ^a   Paschal, Karen ^b   Goodwin, Gail ^b   Applegate, Alice ^b   Lehman, Leslie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NONE

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