Staff variables that influence responses to challenging behaviour of clients with an intellectual disability: A review

Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 454-473

  Lambrechts, Greet ^a   Petry, Katja ^a   Maes, Bea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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