Self-determination skills and opportunities of adolescents with severe intellectual and developmental disabilities

American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 179-192

  Carter, Erik W ^c   Owens, Laura ^a   Trainor, Audrey A ^c   Sun, Ye ^b   Swedeen, Beth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; PARENT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; PARENTS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651083829     PISSN: 19447558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/1944-7558-114.3.179     Document Type: Article

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