Teaching social skills to adults with intellectual disabilities: A comparison of external control and problem-solving interventions

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 399-412

  O'Reilly, Mark F ^a,c   Lancioni, Giulio E ^b   Sigafoos, Jeff ^c   O'Donoghue, Deirdre ^a   Lacey, Claire ^a   Edrisinha, Chaturi ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

intellectual disability; problem solving; social skills

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFLICT; CONTROL SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LEARNING; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

ADULT; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS;

EID: 2942709661     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2003.07.003     Document Type: Article

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