"Impairment" and Performance Issues in Clinical Supervision: After the 2008 ADA Amendments Act

Training and Education in Professional Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 240-249

  Falender, Carol A ^a,b   Collins, Christopher J ^c   Shafranske, Edward P ^d  

^a Independent Practice   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c independent practice   (United States)

^d PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Americans With Disabilities Act; clinical supervision; evaluation; impairment; remediation; training

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949646058     PISSN: 19313918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017153     Document Type: Article

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