Mental health of Australian deaf adolescents: An investigation using an Auslan version of the strengths and difficulties questionnaire

Deafness and Education International

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 161-175

  Cornes, Andrew J ^a   Margaret Brown, P ^b  

^a Bigger Picture Therapy   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Auslan; Deaf children; Mental health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866538315     PISSN: 14643154     EISSN: 1557069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1557069X12Y.0000000009     Document Type: Article

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