Early Intervention Inservice Training Strategies: Perceptions and Suggestions from the Field

Exceptional Children

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 485-495

  Sexton, David ^a   Snyder, Patricia ^b   Wolfe, Barbara ^c   Lobman, Marcia ^b   Stricklin, Sarintha ^b   Akers, Priscilla ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

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EID: 0000642120     PISSN: 00144029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001440299606200601     Document Type: Article

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