Adaptive behavior among adults with intellectual disabilities and its relationship to community independence

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 209-215

  Woolf, Steve ^a   Woolf, Christine Merman ^b   Oakland, Thomas ^c  

^a BEACON Services   (United States)

^b CAPELLA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; DAY CARE; DISABILITY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CASE MANAGEMENT; DAY CARE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EMPLOYMENT, SUPPORTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955030234     PISSN: 19349556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/1944-7558-48.3.209     Document Type: Article

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