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Severe mental handicap: WHAT DO PARENTS THINK?
Author(s) -
Regan Adrienne,
Speller Jeremy
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
mental handicap research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1468-3148
pISSN - 0952-9608
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-3148.1989.tb00016.x
Subject(s) - mental handicap , coping (psychology) , psychology , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , medicine
Parents of 35 children attending a school for children with severe learning difficulties responded to a postal survey by questionnaire. This sought their views: on having a child with a severe mental handicap; on the help they received; and on how they felt they were coping with the experience.