Staff Training Regarding Choice Availability for Persons with Mental Retardation: A Preliminary Analysis

Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-10

  McKnight, Tami Jo ^a   Kearney, Christopher A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice availability; Mental retardation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035634382     PISSN: 1056263X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026532631438     Document Type: Article

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