Fire safety skills training for individuals with severe and profound mental retardation

Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 523-535

  Knudson, Peter J ^a   Miltenberger, Raymond G ^b   Bosch, Amanda ^c   Gross, Amy ^d   Brower Breitwieser, Carrie ^e   Tarasenko, Melissa ^f  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral skills training; Fire safety skills; In situ assessment; In situ training

Indexed keywords

EID: 71449099054     PISSN: 1056263X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10882-009-9161-9     Document Type: Article

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