Preparing Personnel with Expertise in Severe Disabilities in the Electronic Age: Innovative Programs and Technologies

Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 92-103

  Spooner, Fred ^a   Spooner, Melba ^a   Agran, Martin ^b   Kiefer O'donnell, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

distance education; project UPLIFT; teacher shortages; telecommunications; UNC Charlotte project

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007140629     PISSN: 15407969     EISSN: 21692408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2511/rpsd.25.2.92     Document Type: Article

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