Predicting quality of life of students who have left special education high school programs

American Journal on Mental Retardation

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 305-319

  Heal, Laird W ^a   Khoju, Madhab ^a   Rusch, Frank R ^a   Harnisch, Delwyn L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SCHOOL; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033162929     PISSN: 08958017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0895-8017(1999)104<0305:PQOLOS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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