An evaluation of state guidelines for mental retardation: Focus on definition and classification practices

Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 226-232

  Denning, Christopher B ^b   Chamberlain, Jolie A ^b   Polloway, Edward A ^a  

^a LYNCHBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

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