Transition Policies, Practices, and Promises: Lessons from Three States

Exceptional Children

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 343-355

  Furney, Katharine S ^b   Hasazi, Susan B ^b   Destefano, Lizanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

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EID: 0000814021     PISSN: 00144029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001440299706300304     Document Type: Article

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