Levels of Deficits or Supports in the Classification of Mental Retardation: Implementation Practices

Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 200-206

  Polloway, Edward A ^b   Chamberlain, Jolie ^c   Denning, Christopher B ^c   Smith, J David ^c   Smith, Tom E C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^b LYNCHBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NONE

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