Reporting Abuse and Neglect of Children with Disabilities: Early Childhood Service Providers' Views

Infants and Young Children

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 19-26

  Mitchell, Linda M ^a   Turbiville, Vicki ^b   Turnbull III, H Rutherford ^b  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Children; Disabilities; Early intervention; Neglect

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033482904     PISSN: 08963746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001163-199901000-00006     Document Type: Article

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