Parental Involvement in the Residential Care of Persons with Intellectual Disability: The Impact of Parents' and Residents' Characteristics and the Process of Relocation

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 285-293

  Schwartz, Chaya ^a   Tsumi, Ayelet ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Parent's characteristics; Parental involvement; Relocation process; Resident's characteristics; Residential care

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842482958     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3148.2003.00162.x     Document Type: Article

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