The Assessment of Basic Learning Abilities test for persons with intellectual disability: A valuable clinical tool

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 483-489

  Vause, Tricia ^a   Yu, C T ^b,c   Martin, Garry L ^c  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b St Amant Centre   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

ABLA test; Behavioural assessment; Discrimination learning; Intellectual disability

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548171731     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: 14683148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2007.00351.x     Document Type: Article

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