Evaluation of brief group-administered instruction for parents to prevent or minimize sleep problems in young children with down syndrome

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 61-70

  Stores, Rebecca ^a   Stores, Gregory ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Down syndrome; Instruction; Sleep problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042814573     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-2322.2004.00174.x     Document Type: Article

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