Critical Thinking: A Method to Guide Staff in Serving Families with Multiple Challenges

Topics in Early Childhood Special Education

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-52

  Summers, Jean Ann ^a   Mcmann, Oneta Templeton ^b   Fuger, Kathryn L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b TIES Program   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 0031501347     PISSN: 02711214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/027112149701700106     Document Type: Article

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