Behavioral and Emotional Problems of Students with Learning Disabilities, Serious Emotional Disturbance, or Both Conditions

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 327-338

  Handwerk, Michael L ^a,b   Marshall, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Nebraska Internship Consortium P   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0032112644     PISSN: 14690047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002221949803100402     Document Type: Article

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