Helping adults with a learning disability keep safe in the local community: Report of a group design, development and evaluation

British Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 139-144

  Long, Karen ^a   Holmes, Nan ^a  

^a Kingston Community Learning Disability Team   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Group work; Learning disability; Personal safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242503470     PISSN: 13544187     EISSN: 14683156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3156.2001.00067.x     Document Type: Article

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