Intensive interaction as a novel approach in social care: Care staff's views on the practice change process

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 58-69

  Firth, Graham ^a,c   Elford, Helen ^a   Leeming, Catherine ^a   Crabbe, Marion ^b  

^a LEEDS AND YORK PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Therapy Services   (United Kingdom)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disabilities; Intensive; Interaction; Learning; Profound; Staff

Indexed keywords

EID: 37249037007     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: 14683148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2007.00369.x     Document Type: Article

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