Development of the Leiden Independence Questionnaire for Support Staff: a measure of staff behaviour regarding promoting independence of people with intellectual disabilities.
Background: Support staff of adults with intellectual disability (ID) play an important role in promoting independence in home and community settings. However, little is known about the types of behaviours staff should use to promote independence and instruments that assess such behaviour do not yet...
| Published in: | Journal of Intellectual Disability Research Vol. 63; no. 4; pp. 286 - 298 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Apr2019
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