Paraeducator experiences in inclusive settings: Helping, hovering, or holding their own?

Exceptional Children

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 315-328

  Marks, Susan Unok ^a   Schrader, Carl ^a,b   Levine, Mark ^a  

^a Behav Counseling and Res Center   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 0000740839     PISSN: 00144029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001440299906500303     Document Type: Article

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