Active Support: Development, Evidence Base, and Future Directions

International Review of Research in Mental Retardation

Volumn 35, Issue , 2008, Pages 205-249

  Totsika, Vaso ^a   Toogood, Sandy ^a   Hastings, Richard P ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 36649032070     PISSN: 00747750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7750(07)35006-4     Document Type: Review

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