Effectiveness of the IMPACT: Ability Program to Improve Safety and Self-Advocacy Skills in High School Students With Disabilities

Journal of School Health

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 793-801

  Dryden, Eileen M ^a   Desmarais, Jeffery ^b   Arsenault, Lisa ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Institute for Community Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Safety; School; Self advocacy; Training

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISABLED PERSON; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SAFETY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SELF CONCEPT; STANDARDS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BOSTON; DISABLED PERSONS; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SAFETY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SELF EFFICACY; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930368813     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/josh.12211     Document Type: Article

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