Improving cover-letter writing skills of individuals with intellectual disabilities

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 204-208

  Pennington, Robert ^a   Delano, Monica ^a   Scott, Renee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b Jefferson County Public Schools ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

autism; employment; intellectual disabilities; prompting; writing instruction

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUTISM; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROMPTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEMANTICS; TEACHING; WRITING; WRITING INSTRUCTION; YOUNG ADULT;

AUTISM; EMPLOYMENT; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES; PROMPTING; WRITING INSTRUCTION;

FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MALE; REMEDIAL TEACHING; SEMANTICS; WRITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897655067     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: 19383703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jaba.96     Document Type: Article

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