Staff perceptions of the communicative competence of adult persons with intellectual disabilities

British Journal of Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 16-25

  Purcell, Margaret ^b   Morris, Irene ^b   McConkey, Roy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PERCEPTION; STAFF;

EID: 0032946460     PISSN: 09697950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/096979599799155957     Document Type: Article

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