Attitudes of Italian teachers and parents toward school inclusion of students with mental retardation: The role of experience

Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 148-159

  Balboni, Giulia ^a   Pedrabissi, Luigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b NONE

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