Level and intensity of early intervention services for infants and toddlers with disabilities: The impact of child, family, system, and community-level factors on service provision

Journal of Early Intervention

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 179-196

  Hallam, Rena A ^a   Rous, Beth ^b   Grove, Jaime ^b   LoBianco, Tony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disabilities; Early intervention; Infants and toddlers; Services

Indexed keywords

EID: 62949126613     PISSN: 10538151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1053815109331914     Document Type: Article

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