Assessing the social skills and problem behaviors of adolescents with severe disabilities enrolled in general education classes

American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 327-345

  Lyons, Gregory L ^a   Huber, Heartley B ^b   Carter, Erik W ^b   Chen, Rui ^b   Asmus, Jennifer M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; High school; Intellectual disability; Social competence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; AUTISM; BULLYING; DEVELOPMENTAL LANGUAGE DISORDER; EDUCATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PARENT; PROBLEM BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF CONTROL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SPEECH DISORDER; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BULLYING; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; EMPATHY; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; PARENTS; PROBLEM BEHAVIOR; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-CONTROL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SKILLS; SPEECH DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84984832181     PISSN: 19447515     EISSN: 19447558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/1944-7558-121.4.327     Document Type: Article

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