Chronic Neglect and Services Without Borders: A Guiding Model for Social Service Enhancement to Address the Needs of Parents With Intellectual Disabilities

Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 130-156

  Azar, Sandra T ^a   Robinson, Lara R ^a   Proctor, Stephon N ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

child neglect; child welfare services; intellectual disabilities; parents; social information processing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859746278     PISSN: 19315864     EISSN: 19315872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19315864.2011.592238     Document Type: Article

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