Arithmetic achievement in children with cerebral palsy or spina bifida meningomyelocele

Remedial and Special Education

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 323-329

  Jenks, Kathleen M ^a   van Lieshout, Ernest C D M ^b   de Moor, Jan ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arithmetic; Cerebral palsy; Learning difficulties; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449413392     PISSN: 07419325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741932508321009     Document Type: Article

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