The time and effort in taking care for children with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities: A study on care load and support

British Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-48

  Tadema, Annemarie C ^a   Vlaskamp, Carla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Care load; Children with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities; Parenting; Support

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949879159     PISSN: 13544187     EISSN: 14683156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3156.2009.00561.x     Document Type: Article

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