Paraprofessional support of students with disabilities: Literature from the past decade

Exceptional Children

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 45-63

  Giangreco, Michael F ^a   Edelman, Susan W ^a   Broer, Stephen M ^a   Doyle, Mary Beth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b Vermont Department of Education   (United States)

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EID: 0037761374     PISSN: 00144029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001440290106800103     Document Type: Article

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