Teaching staff knowledge, attributions and confidence in relation to working with children with an intellectual disability and challenging behaviour

British Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 295-301

  Rae, Helen ^a   Murray, George ^a   McKenzie, Karen ^b  

^a NHS BORDERS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attributions; Challenging behaviour; Confidence; Teacher knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 81955161280     PISSN: 13544187     EISSN: 14683156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3156.2010.00667.x     Document Type: Article

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