Supporting Families Who Provide Care at Home for Children with Disabilities

Exceptional Children

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 271-282

  Agosta, John ^a   Melda, Kerri ^a  

^a Human Services Research Institute ^*

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EID: 0011683775     PISSN: 00144029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001440299606200308     Document Type: Article

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