Relationship of perceived adequacy of services, family-professional partnerships, and family quality of life in early childhood service programmes

International Journal of Disability, Development and Education

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 319-338

  Summers, Jean Ann ^a,e   Marquis, Janet ^a   Mannan, Hasheem ^b   Turnbull, Ann P ^a   Fleming, Kandace ^a   Poston, Denise J ^a   Wang, Mian ^c   Kupzyk, Kevin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b National Institute for Intellectual Disability   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Early childhood; Family quality of life; Family supports; Parent satisfaction; Parent professional relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548297232     PISSN: 1034912X     EISSN: 1465346X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10349120701488848     Document Type: Article

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