Resilience and deaf children: A literature review

Deafness and Education International

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-55

  Young, Alys ^a   Green, Lorraine ^a   Rogers, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British Sign Language; Deaf; Resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 55449119739     PISSN: 14643154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dei.234     Document Type: Review

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