Individuals with Mild Mental Retardation: Postsecondary Outcomes and Implications for Educational Policy

Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 75-85

  Patton, James R ^a   Smith, Tom E C ^b   Clark, Gary M ^c   Polloway, Edward A ^d   Edgar, Eugene ^e   Lee, Stephanie ^a  

^a Univ of Arkansas at Little Rock ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d Lynchburg College in Virginia

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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