Children of parents with intellectual disability: Facing poor outcomes or faring okay?

Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 65-82

  Collings, Susan ^a   Llewellyn, Gwynnyth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child development; Child outcomes; Parental intellectual disability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BULLYING; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; BULLYING; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MALE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84857274797     PISSN: 13668250     EISSN: 14699532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13668250.2011.648610     Document Type: Review

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