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Journal on Developmental Disabilities

The Journal on Developmental Disabilities is a peer-reviewed journal with a growing regional and international readership.


Volume 6, Number 1 – General Issue

Table of Contents

Editorial
Maurice A. Feldman

Social Competence and Peer Relations in Children with Mental Retardation: Models of the Development of Peer Relations
James M. Bebko, J. Ann Wainwright, Jessica A. Brian, Jennifer Coolbear, Reginald Landry, and Denise D. Vallance
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Inter-rater Agreement between Direct Care Staff and Psychologists for the Diagnosis of Autism According to DSM-III, DSM-III-R, and DSM-IV
Adrienne Perry, Pasquale Veleno, and David Factor
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Gathering our Stories; Claiming our Lives: Seniors’ Life Story Books Facilitate Life Review, Integration, Celebration
Elizabeth Porter
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Fieldwork Education in a Community Agency Serving Residents with Multiple Disabilities: Opportunities and Challenges
Bonny Jung
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Sexuality Groups for Adolescents with Developmental Disabilities
Gilda Katz<
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Book Review
Normalisation: A Reader for the Nineties
by Brown and Smith (Eds)
Kenneth J. Pippin

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Information for Authors

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