An empirical analysis of the effects of a self-administered advocacy letter training program

Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 74-87

  White, Glen W ^a   Thomson, Richard J ^a   Nary, Dorothy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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