Determining Alertness in Individuals with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities: The Reliability of an Observation List

Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 116-123

  Munde, Vera ^a   Viaskamp, Carla ^a   Ruijssenaars, Wied ^a   Nakken, Han ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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