Congruence in Parent and Teacher Ratings of Adaptive Behavior of Low-Functioning Children

Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 367-376

  Voelker, Sylvia L ^a   Shore, Douglas L ^a   Lee, Catharine H ^a   Szuszkiewicz, Tara A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive behavior; Low functioning children; Parent and teacher ratings

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034364183     PISSN: 1056263X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009436230984     Document Type: Article

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