Significance of a bar/bat mitzvah ceremony for parents of Jewish children with developmental disabilities

Mental Retardation

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 294-303

  Vogel, Gila ^a   Reiter, Shunit ^b  

^a BEIT BERL COLLEGE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; LEARNING; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; RELIGION; SCHOOL; SELF CONCEPT; SYMBOLISM;

CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDAISM; MALE; PARENTS;

EID: 4143053491     PISSN: 00476765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0047-6765(2004)42<294:SOABMC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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