Promoting Interactions among Preschoolers with and Without Disabilities: Effects of a Buddy Skills-Training Program

Exceptional Children

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 229-243

  English, Kris ^a   Goldstein, Howard ^b   Shafer, Karin ^c   Kaczmarek, Louise ^c  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 0000789166     PISSN: 00144029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001440299706300206     Document Type: Article

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