Impact of extended education/training in positive behaviour support on staff knowledge, causal attributions and emotional responses

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-51

  McGill, Peter ^a   Bradshaw, Jill ^a   Hughes, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attributions; Challenging behaviour; Emotional responses; Positive behaviour support; Staff training

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845742097     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: 14683148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2006.00338.x     Document Type: Article

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