Increasing indices of happiness and positive engagement in persons with profound multiple disabilities

Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 231-237

  Lancioni, Giulio E ^a   O'Reilly, Mark F ^b   Campodonico, Francesca ^c   Mantini, Margherita ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c LEGA F D ORO RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

Author keywords

Indices of happiness; Multiple disabilities; Positive engagement; Systematic stimulus variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036297686     PISSN: 1056263X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016020320752     Document Type: Article

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