Preparing teachers to educate students with severe disabilities in inclusive settings despite contextual constraints

Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 83-91

  Rainforth, Beverly ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concerns Based Adoption Model; Inclusive education; Stages of Concern Questionnaire; Students with disabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001782385     PISSN: 07491425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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