Creating a family-centered approach to early intervention services: Perceptions of parents and professionals

Pediatric Physical Therapy

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-31

  Iversen, Maura D ^a,b,d   Shimmel, Jenny Poulin ^c   Ciacera, Stephanie L ^a   Prabhakar, Meenakshi ^a  

^a SIMMONS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c United Cerebral Palsy   (United States)

^d School for Health Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude of health personnel; Child; Early intervention (education); Infant; Outcome and process assessment; Professional family relations; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD CARE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; SATISFACTION;

EID: 0037370433     PISSN: 08985669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PEP.0000051694.10495.79     Document Type: Article

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