A Training Program to Improve IFSP/IEP Goals and Objectives Through the Routines-Based Interview

Topics in Early Childhood Special Education

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 200-211

  Boavida, Tânia ^a   Aguiar, Cecília ^b   McWilliam, R A ^c  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

^c Siskin Children's Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

early childhood intervention programs; family centered; functional assessment; intervention strategies; outcomes; personnel preparation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891604055     PISSN: 02711214     EISSN: 15384845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0271121413494416     Document Type: Article

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