Leisure Skills Instruction for Adolescents with Severe or Profound Developmental Disabilities

Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 193-219

  Wall, Maureen E ^a   Gast, David L ^b   Royston, Pamela A ^c  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Hart County Public Schools   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice making and social interaction skills; Constant time delay procedure; Leisure skills instruction; Severe developmental disabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042137053     PISSN: 1056263X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021803331413     Document Type: Article

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