Mysteries and mazes: Parents' experiences of children with developmental coordination disorder

Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-17

  Missiuna, Cheryl ^a,b   Moll, Sandra ^a,b   Law, Mary ^a,b   King, Susanne ^a   King, Gillian ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c THAMES VALLEY CHILDREN S CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Developmental coordination disorder; Health services; Parental attitudes; Qualitative studies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL COORDINATION DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MAZE TEST; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33645771947     PISSN: 00084174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2182/cjot.05.0010     Document Type: Article

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