Contacts with classmates: The social position of pupils with Down's syndrome in Dutch mainstream education

European Journal of Special Needs Education

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 212-220

  Scheepstra, Annette J M ^a   Nakken, Han ^a   Pijl, Sip Jan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Mainstreaming; Social interaction; Special education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 0032751463     PISSN: 08856257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0885625990140303     Document Type: Article

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