Children at risk: Effects of a four-year head start transition program on special education identification

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 255-270

  Redden, Sandra Cluett ^a,e   Forness, Steven R ^b   Ramey, Sharon L ^c   Ramey, Craig T ^c   Brezausek, Carl M ^c   Kavale, Kenneth A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e University of Iowa ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Head start; Identification; Risk; Special education; Transition services

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007207921     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016659710619     Document Type: Article

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