On babies and bathwater: Addressing the problems of identification of learning disabilities

Learning Disability Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 155-168

  Scruggs, Thomas E ^a   Mastropieri, Margo A ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036613639     PISSN: 07319487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1511299     Document Type: Review

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