An investigation into carers' perceptions of the verbal comprehension ability of adults with severe learning disabilities

British Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 78-81

  Banat, D ^a   Summers, S ^b   Pring, T ^b  

^a Emmer Green Clinic   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adults; Carer perceptions; Learning disability; Verbal comprehension

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845728681     PISSN: 13544187     EISSN: 14683156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3156.2001.00148.x     Document Type: Article

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