Validating the construct of coercion in family routines: Expanding the unit of analysis in behavioral assessment with families of children with developmental disabilities

Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 104-121

  Lucyshyn, Joseph M ^a   Irvin, Larry K ^b   Blumberg, E Richard ^c   Laverty, Robelyn ^a   Horner, Robert H ^b   Sprague, Jeffrey R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental disabilities; Family routines, behavioral assessment; Parent child interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 9944245878     PISSN: 15407969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2511/rpsd.29.2.104     Document Type: Article

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