Education and children with down syndrome: Neuroscience, development, and intervention

Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 262-271

  Fidler, Deborah J ^a   Nadel, Lynn ^b  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral phenotypes; Down syndrome; Education; Intervention

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DOWN SYNDROME; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BEHAVIOR; CHILD; DOWN SYNDROME; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MOTIVATION;

EID: 35348992641     PISSN: 10804013     EISSN: 10982779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrdd.20166     Document Type: Review

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