Structured Teaching for Special School Staff: A Comparison of Two Training Packages

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 308-322

  Stevens, Trevor ^a,b   Williams, Tim I ^a   Gaffan, E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b Autism and Behav Support Service   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0033265949     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.1999.tb00087.x     Document Type: Review

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