Individual focus in an activity centre: An observational study among persons with profound and multiple disabilities

Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 14-23

  Hiemstra, S J ^a   Vlaskamp, C ^a   Wiersma, L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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