Numeracy and Money Management Skills in Young Adults with Down Syndrome

Down Syndrome Across the Life Span

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 93-106

  Bochner, Sandra ^a   Outhred, Lynne ^a   Pieterse, Moira ^a   Bashash, Laaya ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Learning; Money management; Number recognition; Numeracy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344840542     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470777886.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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