Useful practices in inclusive education: A preliminary view of what experts in moderate to severe disabilities are saying

Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 129-141

  Jackson, Lewis ^a   Ryndak, Diane Lea ^b   Billingsley, Felix ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Best practices; Collaboration; Moderate to severe disabilities; School inclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001158028     PISSN: 07491425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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