Learning disabilities definitions and criteria used by state education departments

Learning Disability Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 217-232

  Mercer, Cecil D ^a   Jordan, LuAnn ^b   Allsopp, David H ^b   Mercer, Ann R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030305186     PISSN: 07319487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1511208     Document Type: Article

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