Implementation and effectiveness of a home-based early intervention program for blind infants and preschoolers

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 225-244

  Beelmann, Andreas ^a   Brambring, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUNSELING; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; ORIENTATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLINDNESS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUNSELING; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; ORIENTATION; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031807472     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-4222(98)00004-3     Document Type: Article

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