Increasing social interaction between general education high school students and their peers with mental retardation

Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 387-402

  Hughes, Carolyn ^a   Copeland, Susan R ^a   Wehmeyer, Michael L ^b   Agran, Martin ^c   Cai, Xinsheng ^a   Hwang, Bogseon ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

High school students; Peer support; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036388007     PISSN: 1056263X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020386920054     Document Type: Article

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