Restructuring Special Education Certification: What Should Be Done?

Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 109-112

  Eichinger, Joanne ^a   Downing, June ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

certification; mainstreaming; students with disabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007148954     PISSN: 15407969     EISSN: 21692408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2511/rpsd.25.2.109     Document Type: Article

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