The Experience of Five Latin American Families with the Special Education System

Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 22-28

  Zetlin, Andrea G ^a   Padron, Marina ^a   Wilson, Susan ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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