School psychology practices in East and Southern Africa: Special educators' perspectives

Journal of Special Education

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 387-402

  Mpofu, Elias ^a   Zindi, Fred ^b   Oakland, Thomas ^b   Peresuh, Munhuweyi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031287435     PISSN: 00224669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002246699703100307     Document Type: Article

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