To engage or not to engage? Affecting the interactions of learning disabled adults

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 33, Issue SUPPL., 1998, Pages 386-391

  Bunning, Karen ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEARNING DISORDER; REINFORCEMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STEREOTYPY;

EID: 0031720482     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13682829809179456     Document Type: Conference Paper

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