Service provision for preschool children who are deaf: Parents’ perspectives

Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-39

  Robinshaw, Helen ^a   Evans, Roy ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early identification; Education services; Family centred; Hearing screening; Parent perspectives; Preschool deaf children

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248605089     PISSN: 1536710X     EISSN: 15367118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J198v02n01_02     Document Type: Article

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