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Rehabilitation in Practice

‘Posture for Learning’: meeting the postural care needs of children with physical disabilities in mainstream primary schools in England – a research into practice exploratory study

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Pages 1912-1924 | Accepted 01 Nov 2010, Published online: 23 Sep 2011

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