Transition for young adults with severe mental retardation: School preparation, parent expectations, and family involvement

Mental Retardation

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 423-435

  Kraemer, Bonnie R ^a   Blacher, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CAREGIVERS; EDUCATION OF MENTALLY RETARDED; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

EID: 0035650667     PISSN: 00476765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0047-6765(2001)039<0423:TFYAWS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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