A social validation assessment of microswitch-based programs for persons with multiple disabilities employing teacher trainees and parents as raters

Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 383-391

  Lancioni, Giulio E ^a   O'Reilly, Mark F ^b   Singh, Nirbhay N ^c   Groeneweg, Jop ^d   Bosco, Andrea ^a   Tota, Alessia ^a   Smaldone, Angela ^a   Stasolla, Fabrizio ^a   Manfredi, Francesco ^a   Baccani, Simona ^e   Pidala, Sara ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c ONE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e LEGA F D ORO RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

Author keywords

Microswitch based programs; Multiple disabilities; Parents; Social validation; Teacher trainees

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845731297     PISSN: 1056263X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10882-006-9024-6     Document Type: Article

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