Self-Advocacy skills in Asian American parents of children with developmental disabilities: A pilot study

Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-18

  Huang, Weihe ^a   Delambo, David A ^b   Kot, Ricky ^c   Ito, Ineko ^c   Long, Henry ^a   Dunn, Karen ^a  

^a Regional Center of the East Bay   (United States)

^b FORT VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Asian Community for Mental Health Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; Assertiveness; Developmental disabilities; Self advocacy skills; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846949790     PISSN: 15313204     EISSN: 15313212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J051v13n01_01     Document Type: Article

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