Participation in School: School Assistants Creating Opportunities and Obstacles for Pupils with Disabilities

OTJR Occupation, Participation and Health

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 88-98

  Hemmingsson, Helena ^a   Borell, Lena ^a   Gustavsson, Anders ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Assistants; Physical disabilities; Social participation

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT; TEACHER;

EID: 0242657325     PISSN: 15394492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153944920302300302     Document Type: Article

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