The effect of an attachment-based behaviour therapy for children with visual and severe intellectual disabilities

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 126-135

  Sterkenburg, P S ^a   Janssen, C G C ^a   Schuengel, C ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attachment based psychotherapy; Behaviour modification; Challenging behaviour; Evidence based intervention; Intellectual disability; Visual disability

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849190655     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: 14683148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2007.00374.x     Document Type: Article

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