Out-of-home placement of school-age children with disabilities and high support needs

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-6

  Llewellyn, Gwynnyth ^a   McConnell, David ^a   Thompson, Kirsty ^a   Whybrow, Samantha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disability; Family life; Out of home placement

Indexed keywords

EID: 14644436389     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2004.00201.x     Document Type: Article

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