Preventing child neglect: Child-care training for parents with intellectual disabilities

Infants and Young Children

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 1-11

  Feldman, Maurice A ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child neglect; Parent education; Parents with intellectual disabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032251313     PISSN: 08963746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001163-199810000-00004     Document Type: Article

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