Dog Gone Good: Managing dog phobia in a teenage boy with a learning disability

British Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-38

  Newman, Craig ^a   Adams, Katie ^a  

^a Specialist Services for Children with Disabilities   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child; Disability; Learning; Phobia; Psychology; Service

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344592762     PISSN: 13544187     EISSN: 14683156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3156.2004.00259.x     Document Type: Article

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