Leisure activities during school break among children with learning disabilities: Preference vs. performance

British Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 42-48

  Yalon Chamovitz, Shira ^a,b,c   Mano, Tali ^a,b   Jarus, Tal ^a,b   Weinblatt, Nurit ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Sold School for Children with Mild Cognitive Disabilities   (Israel)

^c ONO ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Leisure; Preference; School break

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644922958     PISSN: 13544187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3156.2005.00335.x     Document Type: Article

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