“Just Good Different Things”: Specific Accommodations Families Make to Positively Adapt to Their Children With Developmental Disabilities

Topics in Early Childhood Special Education

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 155-170

  Maul, Christine A ^a   Singer, George H S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

developmental disabilities; ecocultural niche theory; family accommodations; resiliency theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350521532     PISSN: 02711214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0271121408328516     Document Type: Article

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