Supporting siblings: Evaluation of support groups for brothers and sisters of children with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 69-78

  Evans, Jayne ^a,c   Jones, Jessica ^a   Mansell, Ian ^b  

^a ABERTAWE BRO MORGANNWG UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^c Facing the Challenge   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Challenging behaviour; Children; Groups; Learning disability; Siblings

Indexed keywords

EID: 17144392040     PISSN: 14690047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146900470100500107     Document Type: Article

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