Building an inclusive research team: The importance of team building and skills training

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 13-22

  Strnadová, Iva ^a   Cumming, Therese M ^a   Knox, Marie ^b   Parmenter, Trevor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Inclusive research; Intellectual disability; Participatory research; Peer mentoring; Research skills; Research training

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COOPERATION; DISABLED PERSON; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INCLUSIVE RESEARCH; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PEER-MENTORING; PERSONNEL; RESEARCH; RESEARCH SKILLS; RESEARCH TRAINING;

INCLUSIVE RESEARCH; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PEER-MENTORING; RESEARCH SKILLS; RESEARCH TRAINING;

AGED; ATTITUDE; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESEARCH; RESEARCH PERSONNEL;

EID: 84891829258     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: 14683148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jar.12076     Document Type: Article

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