The effectiveness of audiovisual self-instructional materials in teaching child-care skills to parents with intellectual disabilities

Journal of Behavioral Education

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 235-257

  Feldman, Maurice A ^a   Case, Laurie ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Parent Education Program   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child care skills training; Parents with intellectual disabilities; Self instruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006648731     PISSN: 10530819     EISSN: 15733513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022897226255     Document Type: Article

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